Wolfgang Hahn
Born	(1911-04-30)April 30, 1911 Potsdam, Germany
Died	January 10, 1998(1998-01-10) (aged 86) Kassel, Germany
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Hahn polynomials, Hahn difference, Hahn ensemble, Hahn q-addition, Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	TU Braunschweig, TU Graz
Doctoral advisor	Issai Schur

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, ISBN  978-0-273-08567-6, MR  0668374
• "Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hahn", Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 18: Si–Svi, 1983, ISSN  0047-2557, 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