Eisenstein (surname)
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Mathematics
- Gotthold Eisenstein, a mathematician after whom are named:
- Eisenstein's criterionEisenstein's criterionIn mathematics, Eisenstein's criterion gives an easily checked sufficient condition for a polynomial with integer coefficients to be irreducible over the rational numbers...
- Eisenstein integerEisenstein integerIn mathematics, Eisenstein integers , also known as Eulerian integers , are complex numbers of the formz = a + b\omega \,\!where a and b are integers and...
- Eisenstein's theoremEisenstein's theoremIn mathematics, Eisenstein's theorem, named after the German mathematician Gotthold Eisenstein, applies to the coefficients of any power series which is an algebraic function with rational number coefficients...
- Eisenstein primeEisenstein primeIn mathematics, an Eisenstein prime is an Eisenstein integerz = a + b\,\omega\qquadthat is irreducible in the ring-theoretic sense: its only Eisenstein divisors are the units , a + bω itself and its associates.The associates and the complex conjugate...
- Eisenstein idealEisenstein idealIn mathematics, the Eisenstein ideal is a certain ideal in the endomorphism ring of the Jacobian variety of a modular curve. It was introduced by Barry Mazur in 1977, in studying the rational points of modular curves...
- Eisenstein seriesEisenstein seriesEisenstein series, named after German mathematician Gotthold Eisenstein, are particular modular forms with infinite series expansions that may be written down directly...
- Eisenstein's criterion
Drama
- Sergei EisensteinSergei EisensteinSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"...
, Soviet film director, best known for Ivan the Terrible and Battleship Potemkin- UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
's Sergei Eisenstein Medal named after him
- UNESCO
Other people
- Elizabeth EisensteinElizabeth EisensteinElizabeth Lewisohn Eisenstein is an American historian of the French Revolution and early 19th century France. She is well-known for her work on the history of early printing, writing on the transition in media between the era of 'manuscript culture' and that of 'print culture', as well as the role...
, historian - Ira EisensteinIra EisensteinRabbi Ira Eisenstein founded Reconstructionist Judaism, along with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, his teacher and, later, father-in-law through his marriage to Judith Kaplan, over a period of time spanning from the late 1920s to the 1940s...
, rabbi - Julius EisensteinJulius EisensteinJulius Eisenstein was a Polish-Jewish-American writer born in Międzyrzec Podlaski, a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Congress Poland....
(or Judah David Eisenstein or J. D. Eisenstein, a Russian-American writer and contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia - Linda EisensteinLinda EisensteinLinda Eisenstein is a playwright and composer. She is a member of the Playwrights Unit of the Cleveland Play House.Linda Eisenstein is a prolific author, composer, journalist and activist for the rights of women playwrights...
, a playwright and composer - Mikhail EisensteinMikhail EisensteinMikhail Osipovich Eisenstein, , was a Russian architect and civil engineer. His paternal grandparents being German Jews, had converted to Orthodox Christianity, and his maternal grandparents were Swedes. He graduated from the Institute of Civic Engineering in St. Petersburg in 1893. He was the...
(1867–1921), Russian architect - Phyllis EisensteinPhyllis EisensteinPhyllis Eisenstein is an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and has lived there most of her life. While attending college at the University of Chicago, she met her future husband Alex at a weekly gathering of Chicago's science...
, a writer, teacher, and advertising copyeditor - Sergei EisensteinSergei EisensteinSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"...
(1898-1948), Russian film-maker