Aloys Herrmann
Aloys Herrmann (born November 27, 1898 in Bildstock ; † October 16, 1953 in Baden-Baden ) was a German mathematician and professor at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken .
Life
After graduating from secondary school in Saarbrücken in 1917, Herrmann studied mathematics at the University of Bonn . After military service from June to December 1918, he continued his studies at the University of Marburg . In 1924 he did his doctorate there under Kurt Hensel with the topic "On the decomposition of prime parts in Kummer's sixth degree field". He then worked in 1925 at the Koethen Polytechnic as a research assistant at the Mathematical Seminar and from 1927 as a lecturer in mathematics. In 1939 he accepted a substitute chair at the engineering school and was appointed professor in 1941.
Between 1935 and 1945 he was also a freelancer at Junkerswerke Dessau . In 1946 he devoted himself to aviation research at the Center Technique de Wasserburg, and in 1947 he moved to the French aviation research company ONERA in Paris . In 1949 he gave up this position in favor of an appointment as professor of mathematics at Saarland University. Here he was one of the founding professors of the Mathematical Institute.
Herrmann had been married to Maria Theresia Georgina Freiin von Graes zu Diepenbrock since 1927 and had two sons.
Fonts
- The Delic problem: doubling the cube. BG Teubner, Leipzig, 1927
- About the prime division in Kummer's sixth degree field , Marburg, 1924
Web links
- Short biography at the German Mathematicians Association
- Literature by and about Aloys Herrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herrmann, Aloys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wayside shrine |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1953 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |