Walter Benz

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Walter Benz in 1975
(photo from MFO)

Walter Benz (born May 2, 1931) is a German mathematician, an expert in geometry.

Benz studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and received his doctoral degree in 1954, with Robert Furch as his advisor.^[1] After a position at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, he served as a professor at the Universities of Bochum, Waterloo and Hamburg where he is now professor emeritus. Benz was honoured with the degree of a Dr. h.c.

Based on his book Vorlesungen über Geometrie der Algebren (Springer 1973), certain geometric objects are called Benz planes.

References

↑ Walter Benz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19756961 LCCN: n96010190 ISNI: 0000 0000 7247 8696 GND: 117708046 BNF: cb12371817k MGP: 21533

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Name	Benz, Walter
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Short description	German mathematician
Date of birth	May 2, 1931
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