Fritz Herzog
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Fritz Herzog (1902 – 2002) was an American mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis and power series.
He was born in Germany and studied at the University of Berlin until 1934 when he moved to USA. He received his Ph.D. degree at University of Columbia on a thesis entitled Systems of Algebraic Mixed Difference Equations advised by Joseph Ritt (1934).[1] Herzog was an electrical engineering research associate at Cornell University (1938-43), working with Michel G. Malti on dynamo research. Most of his career was endured at Michigan State University (1943-73) where he gave name to the Fritz Herzog Prize Endowment Fund. Herzog died at East Lansing.
