Karl Mollweide

Karl Mollweide
Born
Karl Brandan Mollweide

(1774-02-03)3 February 1774
Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died10 March 1825(1825-03-10) (aged 51)
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
OccupationsMathematician, astronomer

Karl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 – 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection.

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