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] 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.[4] Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.
Hans Grauert | |
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 Grauert in Moscow, 1966 | |
| Born | 8 February 1930 |
| Died | 4 September 2011 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | German |
| 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 |
| Doctoral advisor | Heinrich Behnke Beno Eckmann |
| Doctoral students | Wolf Barth |
Grauert was awarded a fellowship of the Leopoldina[5] and the von Staudt Prize.[5]
Early life
editGrauert 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.[5]
See also
editPublications
edit- 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]
References
edit- ^ Huckleberry, A (2009). "Hans Grauert: Mathematiker Pur" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 55 (1): 38–41.
- ^ Bauer, I. C. et al. (2002) Complex geometry: collection of papers dedicated to Hans Grauert, Springer.
- ^ Huckleberry, Alan (2013). "Hans Grauert (1930–2011)". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 115: 21–45. arXiv:1303.6933. doi:10.1365/s13291-013-0061-7. S2CID 119685542.
- ^ Grauert, H. (1994) Selected Papers, Springer.
- ^ a b c O'Connor, J.J.; Robertson, E.F. (November 2006). "Hans Grauert". MacTutor. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ^ Shiffman, Bernard (1979). "Review: Several complex variables by H. Grauert and K. Fritzsche" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (3): 563–566. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1979-14623-8.
- ^ Krantz, Steven G. (2003). "Reviewed work: From Holomorphic Functions to Complex Manifolds, Karl Fritzsche, Hans Grauert". The American Mathematical Monthly. 110 (2): 167–171. doi:10.2307/3647794. JSTOR 3647794.
External links
edit- Hans Grauert at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- photo of Hans Grauert at Oberwolfach
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