Karl Stumpff

Karl Johann Nikolaus Stumpff (May 17, 1895 – November 10, 1970) was a German astronomer. The Stumpff functions, used in the universal variable formulation of the two-body problem, are named after him.

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  1. ↑ Eduard L. Stiefel, Gerhard Scheifele (1971). Linear and Regular Celestial Mechanics. Perturbed Two-body Motion Numerical Methods Canonical Theory. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0-38705119-2.
  2. ↑ Danby, J. M. A. (1988), Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, Willman-Bell, ISBN 9780023271403
  3. ↑ Gerasimovič, B. P. (1927). "Review: Analyse periodischer Vorgänge by Karl Stumpff". Astrophysical Journal. 69: 168–170. Bibcode:1929ApJ....69..168G. doi:10.1086/143170.
  4. ↑ Emmons, Howard (1938). "Review: Grundlagen und Methoden der Periodenforschung by Karl Stumpff" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (11): 762–763. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1938-06872-3.