From Borderland Sciences Research
| Charles Proteus Steinmetz | |
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| Born | April 9, 1865 Breslau, Prussia |
| Died | October 26, 1923 (58) Schenectady, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, Electrical engineer with GE (1892-1923) |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Alma mater | University of Breslau (1883 - 1888) Union College: Professor, Electrical Engineering (1902 - 1912); Professor, Electrophysics (1913 - 1923) |
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923; born Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz) was a German American mathematician and electrical engineer. Among his important contributions to the sciences include the law of hysteresis, his symbolic method of calculating alternating-current, and his theory of electrical transients.