Heinz Bauer | |
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Heinz Bauer
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Born |
Nuremberg, Germany |
31 January 1928
Died | 15 August 2002 Erlangen, Germany |
(aged 74)
Nationality | German |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Alma mater | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Doctoral advisor | Otto Haupt |
Doctoral students | Karl-Theodor Sturm |
Notable awards |
Bavarian Order of Merit Fellow of the Leopoldina Chauvenet Prize (1980) |
Heinz Bauer (31 January 1928 – 15 August 2002) was a German mathematician.
Bauer studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his PhD there in 1953 under the supervision of Otto Haupt and finished his habilitation in 1956, both for work with Otto Haupt. After a short time from 1961 to 1965 as professor at the University of Hamburg he stayed his whole career at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research focus was the Potential theory, Probability theory and Functional analysis
Bauer received the Chauvenet Prize in 1980 and became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1986. Bauer died in Erlangen.