Wolfgang Hahn

Wolfgang Hahn (April 30, 1911 – January 10, 1998) was a German mathematician who worked on special functions, in particular orthogonal polynomials.

He introduced Hahn polynomials, Hahn difference, Hahn q-addition (or Jackson-Hahn-Cigler q-addition), and the Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function. He was an honorary member of the Austrian Mathematical Society.

References

• Kappel, F. (1982), "Wolfgang Hahn---an address in honour of his 70th birthday", in Kappel, F.; Schappacher, W. (eds.), Evolution equations and their applications (Schloss Retzhof, 1981), Res. Notes in Math., vol. 68, New York: Pitman, pp. xi–xvi,
  MR 0668374
• "Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hahn", Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 18: Si–Svi, 1983,
  MR 0753936
• "Nachruf auf Wolfgang Hahn" (PDF), Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, 181: 2–12, August 1999

External links

• Wolfgang Hahn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Pictures of Wolfgang Hahn from Oberwolfach