Kurt Leichtweiss
German mathematician
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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]
BornMarch 2, 1927
DiedJune 23, 2013 (aged 86)
EducationUniversity of Freiburg,
ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
AlmamaterUniversity of Freiburg
Kurt Leichtweiß | |
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1974 in Hanover | |
| Born | March 2, 1927 |
| Died | June 23, 2013 (aged 86) |
| Education | University of Freiburg, ETH Zurich |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | TU Berlin, University of Stuttgart |
| Thesis | Zur Axiomatik einer topologischen Begründung der Geometrie der Ebene und des Raums (1951) |
| Emanuel Sperner | |
Doctoral students |
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In 1944, while still in high school Leichtweiß traveled to the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics 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. In 1995, he received the Wilhelm Blaschke Medal.
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.
