Eduard Heine

Eduard Heine
Heinrich Eduard Heine
Born	(1821-03-16)16 March 1821 Berlin, Prussia
Died	21 October 1881(1881-10-21) (aged 60) Halle, Prussia
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Berlin
Known for	Uniform continuity Heine–Borel theorem
Awards	Gauss Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Bonn University of Halle
Doctoral advisor	Enno Dirksen Martin Ohm

Heinrich Eduard Heine (16 March 1821 – 21 October 1881) was a German mathematician.

Heine became known for results on special functions and in real analysis. In particular, he authored an important treatise on spherical harmonics and Legendre functions (Handbuch der Kugelfunctionen). He also investigated basic hypergeometric series. He introduced the Mehler–Heine formula.