Editing Carl Neumann (section)

{{Short description|Prussian mathematician (1832–1925)}}
{{about||the saxophonist|Carl Magnus Neumann|people of a similar name|Karl Neumann (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Carl Neumann
| image             = Carl Gottfried Neumann.png
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1832|05|07|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1925|03|27|1832|05|07|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Leipzig]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
| residence         = 
| fields            = [[integral equation]]s
| workplaces        = [[University of Halle-Wittenberg]]<br />[[University of Basel]]<br />[[University of Tübingen]]<br />[[University of Leipzig]].
| alma_mater        = [[Königsberg University]]<br />[[University of Halle-Wittenberg|Halle]]
| thesis_title      = De problemate quodam mechanico, quod ad primam classem integralium ultraellipticorum revocatur<ref name="mathgene">{{MathGenealogy|id=32858}}</ref>
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Friedrich Richelot]]
| academic_advisors = [[Eduard Heine]] (Habilitation advisor)
| doctoral_students = [[William Edward Story]]<br />[[Emil Weyr]]
| known_for         = [[Neumann boundary condition]]<br />[[Neumann polynomial]]<br/>[[Neumann series]]
| awards            = [[List of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts|Pour le Mérite]] (1897)
| relatives         = [[Franz Ernst Neumann]] (father)<br>[[Franz Ernst Christian Neumann]] (brother)
}}
'''Carl Gottfried Neumann''' (also '''Karl'''; 7 May 1832 – 27 March 1925) was a German [[Mathematical physics|mathematical physicist]] and professor at several German universities. His work focused on applications of [[potential theory]] to physics and mathematics.  He contributed to the mathematical formalization of [[Electromagnetism|electrodynamics]] and [[analytical mechanics]]. [[Neumann boundary condition|Neumann boundary conditions]] and the [[Neumann series]] are named after him.