Leichtweiss, K.

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Name (Latin)
Leichtweiss, K.
Other forms of name
Leichtweiss, Kurt
Date of birth
1927-03-02
Date of death
2013-06-23
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 76397780
Wikidata: Q98036
Library of congress: n 87146859
HAI10: 000174235
Sources of Information
  • nuc87-123497: Author's Konvexe Mengen ... 1980(hdg. on AzU rept.: Leichtweiss, K.; usage: K. Leichtweiss)
  • Affine geometry of convex bodies, c1998:t.p. (Kurt Leichtweiss)
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Wikipedia description:

Kurt Leichtweiß (March 2, 1927 in Villingen-Schwenningen – June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry. In 1944, while still in high school Leichtweiß traveled to the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics 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. In 1995, he received the Wilhelm Blaschke Medal.

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