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Born
13 September
Berlin, Germany
Died
2 February
Munich, Germany
Summary
Carathéodory made significant contributions to the calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, and the theory of functions of a real variable.

Biography

Constantin Carathéodory's father, Stephanos Carathéodory, was an Ottoman Greek who had studied law in Berlin and then served as secretary in the Ottoman embassies in Berlin, Stockholm and Vienna.

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Stephanos had married Despina Petrocochino, who came from a Greek family of businessmen who had settled in Marseille. At the time of Constantin's birth, the family were in Berlin since Stephanos had been appointed there two years earlier as First Secretary to the Ottoman Legation.



The Carathéodory family spent in Constantinople, where Constantin's paternal grandfather lived, while Stephanos was on leave. Then in they went to Brussels when Stephanos was appointed there as Ottoman Ambassador. In Brussels, Constantin's