Kurt Leichtweiss
Kurt Leichtweiß | |
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TU Berlin, University of Stuttgart | |
| Thesis | Zur Axiomatik einer topologischen Begründung der Geometrie der Ebene und des Raums (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | Emanuel Sperner |
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Kurt Leichtweiß (March 2, 1927 in Villingen-Schwenningen – June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry.[1][2][3]
In 1944, while still in high school Leichtweiß traveled to the
TU Berlin. From 1970 until his retirement in 1995, he was a professor at the University of Stuttgart
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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.
- ^ a b 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
- Prof. Dr. Kurt Leichtweiss, contact page.
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