Hans Grauert
German mathematician (1930–2011)
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Hans Grauert (8 February 1930 in Haren, Emsland, Germany – 4 September 2011) was a German mathematician. He is known for major works on several complex variables, complex manifolds[1] and the application of sheaf theory in this area, which influenced later work in algebraic geometry.[2] Together with Reinhold Remmert he established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces.[3]
Hans Grauert | |
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Grauert in Moscow, 1966 | |
| Born | 8 February 1930 |
| Died | 4 September 2011 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
| Known for | Complex analytic space Grauert's theorem Andreotti–Grauert theorem Grauert–Riemenschneider vanishing theorem |
| Awards | Cantor medal (2008) ICM Speaker (1958, 1962 and 1968) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen |
| Heinrich Behnke Beno Eckmann | |
Doctoral students | Wolf Barth |
Professorship
Grauert attended school at the Gymnasium in Meppen before studying for a semester at the University of Mainz in 1949, and then at the University of Münster, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1954.[4]
He became professor at the University of Göttingen in 1958, as successor to C. L. Siegel. The lineage of this chair traces back through an eminent line of mathematicians: Weyl, Hilbert, Riemann, and ultimately to Gauss.[5] Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.
Awards
Grauert was awarded a fellowship of the Leopoldina[4] and the von Staudt Prize.[4]
Publications
- Grauert, Hans (1994), Selected papers. Vol. I, II, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-57107-0, MR 1314425
- with Klaus Fritzsche: Several Complex Variables, 1976; hbk
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[6] Grauert, H.; Fritzsche, K. (6 December 2012). softcover reprint 2012. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4612-9874-8. - with Klaus Fritzsche: Fritzsche, Klaus; Grauert, Hans (2002), From Holomorphic Functions to Complex Manifolds, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-95395-3[7]
