Hermann Schwarz

See also Hermann Schwarz (philosopher) (1864–1951).

A different Hermann Schwarz was a founder of Rohde & Schwarz, a German manufacturer of electronic test equipment.

Hermann Schwarz
Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz
Born	25 January 1843(1843-01-25) Hermsdorf, Silesia
Died	30 November 1921 (aged 78) Berlin, Germany
Residence	Germany, Switzerland
Nationality	German
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Halle ETH Zurich Göttingen University
Alma mater	Gewerbeinstitut
Doctoral advisor	Karl Weierstrass Ernst Kummer
Doctoral students	Lipot Fejer Paul Koebe Ernst Zermelo Richard Fuchs Gerhard Hessenberg Hans Meyer Robert Remak Theodor Vahlen
Known for	Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz (25 January 1843 – 30 November 1921) was a German mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. He was born in Hermsdorf, Silesia (now Jerzmanowa, Poland).

Schwarz worked in Halle, Göttingen and then Berlin, dealing with the subjects of function theory, differential geometry and the calculus of variations. He became a member of the Royal Academy. His works include Bestimmung einer speziellen Minimalfläche, which was crowned by the Berlin Academy in 1867 and printed in 1871, and Gesammelte mathematische Abhandlungen (1890). He was a student of Karl Weierstrass. He became professor at the University of Berlin in 1892, where his students included Lipot Fejer, Paul Koebe and Ernst Zermelo. He died in Berlin.