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He was co-developer and co- eponym of the Runge-Kutta method, in the field of what is today known as numerical analysis.
He spent the first few years of his life in Havana, where his father Julius Runge was the Danish consul. The family later moved to Bremen, where his father died early (in 1864).
In 1880 he received his Ph.D. in mathematics at Berlin, where he studied under Karl Weierstrass. In 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March he became a professor in HanoverAlternate meanings: Hanover (district), Hanover (region), Hanover (state), other uses Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the Leine river, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony Niedersachsen in Germany. It is also the c.
His interests included mathematics, spectroscopySpectroscopy is the study of spectra, ie. the dependence of a physical measure to frequency. Spectroscopy is often used in physical and analytical chemistry for the identification of substances, through the spectrum emitted or absorbed. A device for recor, geodesyGeodesy also called geodetics is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional time varying and astrophysicsSpiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 Astrophysics is the branch of astronomy that deals with the physics of the universe, including the physical properties ( luminosity, density, temperature, chemical composition) of astronomical objects such as stars, galaxies, and. In addition to pure mathematics he did a great deal of experimental work studying spectral lineA spectral line is a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum, resulting from an excess or deficiency of photons in a narrow frequency range, compared with the nearby frequencies. Spectral lines are the result of interaction bets of various elements, and was very interested in the application of this work to astronomical spectroscopyAstronomical spectroscopy is the technique of spectroscopy used in astronomy. As spectroscopy is described in its own article, this article focuses on its use in astronomy. The object of study is the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visibl.
In 1904 he went to Göttingen, where he remained until he retired in 1925.
A crater on the Moon is named after him.
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