Carl Gottfried Neumann was a German 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 electrodynamics and analytical mechanics. Neumann boundary conditions and the Neumann series are named after him.
- Occupation
- mathematician, university teacher
- Position held
- Geheimrat
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- May 7, 1832
- Died
- March 27, 1925
