Thomas Joannes Stieltjes
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (December 29, 1856 – December 31, 1894) was a Dutch mathematician. He was born in Zwolle and died in Toulouse, France. He was a pioneer in the field of moment problems and contributed to the study of continued fractions.
The Thomas Stieltjes Institute for Mathematics at the University of Leiden is named after him, as is the Riemann-Stieltjes integral.
His father, Thomas Stieltjes, (not to be confused with his son who carried the same first names) was a civil engineer and politician. He was responsible for the construction of various harbours around Rotterdam, and also sat in the Dutch parliament.
See also
- Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral
- Laplace-Stieltjes transform
- Riemann-Stieltjes integral
- Stieltjes moment problem
External link
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Thomas Joannes Stieltjes", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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