Madelung
# Madelung

Madelung is a German surname. It is also the name of multiple terms in mathematics and science based on people named Madelung.

## People

* Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), German physicist
* Georg Hans Madelung (1889–1972), German aeronautical engineer
* Otto Wilhelm Madelung (1846–1926), German surgeon
* Wilferd Madelung (1930–2023), German-American author and scholar of Islamic history

## Mathematics and science

* Madelung constant, chemical energy of an ion in a crystal, named after Erwin Madelung
* Madelung equations, Erwin Madelung's equivalent alternative formulation of the Schrödinger equation

## Medicine

* Madelung's deformity, characterized by malformed wrists and wrist bones, and short stature, named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung
* Madelung's syndrome, also known as "benign symmetric lipomatosis", named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung
