Kurt Leichtweiss
Kurt Leichtweiss
Kurt Leichtweiss (born March 2, 1927 in Villingen, Baden–June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry.[1][2][3]
Leichtweiss was born in Villingen-Schwenningen. In 1944, while still in high school he traveled to the Mathematical Institute 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
- (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
- ↑ "obituary" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. June 29, 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- Kurt Leichtweiss at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Prof. Dr. Kurt Leichtweiss, contact page.