Kurt Leichtweiss
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Kurt Leichtweiss is a mathematician
specializing in convex
and differential geometry.
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. 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
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
specializing in convex
Convex geometry
Convex geometry is the branch of geometry studying convex sets, mainly in Euclidean space.Convex sets occur naturally in many areas of mathematics: computational geometry, convex analysis, discrete geometry, functional analysis, geometry of numbers, integral geometry, linear programming,...
and differential geometry.
Leichtweiss was born in Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen is a city in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has 80,941 inhabitants .-History:...
. In 1944, while still in high school he traveled to the Mathematical Institute
Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
The Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach in Oberwolfach, Germany, was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944...
where his mathematical interests were encouraged. He studied at the University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
and the ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
. He was a student of Emanuel Sperner
Emanuel Sperner
Emanuel Sperner was a German mathematician, best known for two theorems. He was born in Waltdorf , and died in Sulzburg-Laufen, Germany. He was a student at Hamburg University where his advisor was Wilhelm Blaschke...
and Wilhelm Süss
Wilhelm Süss
Wilhelm Süss was a German mathematician.He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.He was founder and first director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach.-External links:...
. 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
University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties....
.
Books
- (with Wilhelm BlaschkeWilhelm BlaschkeWilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke was an Austro-Hungarian differential and integral geometer.His students included Shiing-Shen Chern, Luis Santaló, and Emanuel Sperner....
), Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer, 1973. - Affine geometry of convex bodies, Wiley, 1998.
- Convex Geometry, Springer, 1980.
- Analytic Geometry, First Course, Teubner, 1972.
External links
- Prof. Dr. Kurt Leichtweiss, contact page.
- Kurt Leichtweiss is 80 (in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
).