Kurt Leichtweiß (March 2, 1927 in Villingen-Schwenningen – June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry.[1][2][3]
Kurt Leichtweiß | |
|---|---|
 1974 in Hanover | |
| Born | March 2, 1927 |
| Died | June 23, 2013 (aged 86) |
| Education | University of Freiburg, ETH Zurich |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | TU Berlin, University of Stuttgart |
| Thesis | Zur Axiomatik einer topologischen Begründung der Geometrie der Ebene und des Raums (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Emanuel Sperner |
| Doctoral students | |
In 1944, while still in high school Leichtweiß traveled to the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics where his mathematical interests were encouraged.[2] He studied at the University of Freiburg and the ETH Zurich. He was a student of Emanuel Sperner and Wilhelm Süss. He was then a lecturer in Freiburg and in 1963 became a professor at TU Berlin. From 1970 until his retirement in 1995, he was a professor at the University of Stuttgart.
Books
edit- (with Wilhelm Blaschke), Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer, 1973.
- Affine geometry of convex bodies, Wiley, 1998.
- Convex Geometry, Springer, 1980.
- Analytic Geometry, First Course, Teubner, 1972.
References
edit- ^ "obituary" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. June 29, 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ a b A. Jackson, Oberwolfach, Yesterday and Today, AMS Notices, Volume 47 (2000), Number 7, 758-765.
- ^ Hermann Hähl, Eberhard Teufel (2007-06-30). "Kurt Leichtweiß 80" (in German). University of Stuttgart. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
External links
edit- Prof. Dr. Kurt Leichtweiss, contact page.
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