Dorothea Starke

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Martha Dorothea Starke (born November 20, 1902 in Chemnitz (Saxony), † March 16, 1943 in Jena ) was a German mathematician in the field of applied mathematics . She published on graphic statics, numerics, applications in mechanics, biology, astronomy and the history of science. Strong worked especially in Jena.

Life

Dorothea Starke was the only child of high school professor Richard Starke and his wife Martha (née Nitsche) and enjoyed a good education (girls' school from 1909 to 1922), which was rather untypical for women of that time. She graduated with an excellent Abitur and then studied mathematics, applied mathematics, physics and astronomy in Jena and Berlin.

Starke was primarily interested in applied mathematics, a subject that was relatively young at German universities at the time, and received his doctorate from Max Winkelmann with the top grade summa cum laude in Jena. The Rigorosum took place on December 19, 1927, in the subjects of applied mathematics, mathematics and astronomy. Starke passed her teaching exams in applied mathematics, mathematics and physics, also with distinction. After the dissertation with the title The maximum moment area of ​​a Gerber's beam was published in the journal for applied mathematics and mechanics , Starke received his doctorate on March 20, 1929.

From 1928 to 1931, Starke held an assistant position at the Winkelmann Institute, which was financed by the Carl Zeiss Foundation . Then Starke worked scientifically in the Jena observatory, among other places. After her wedding with the astronomer Helmut Werner on December 27, 1932 in Chemnitz , she worked under the name Werner-Starke, among others with Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann in Hamburg.

Their son was born on March 30, 1937. Unconfirmed information suggests that she was also offered a position at Otto Hahn in Berlin in the field of atomic research. After cancer was diagnosed in 1940 and a shadow on the lungs in 1942, Dorothea Starke succumbed to her illness on March 16, 1943 in the Jena University Hospital.

Fonts

  • Newton (On the 200th anniversary of his death on March 31, 1927). In: Prignitzer Nachrichten , April 1, 1927, no page number
  • The maximum moment area of ​​a Gerber beam. In: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 9, 1929. pp. 130–151.
  • Usage formulas of vector calculation. (Handout for students of the faculty and the institute). Institute for Applied Mathematics, Jena 1929.
  • A graphical method for solving a system of linear equations with complex coefficients. In: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 11, 1931. pp. 245–247.
  • Heat conduction inside stars taking into account the relativistic corrections. In: Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 5841 (1931), Vol. 244 // Communications from the University Observatory in Jena No. 3, pp. 177-184.
  • Adventurer in space. An old celestial puzzle in new lighting. 1. Supplement to the Chemnitzer Anzeiger and Tageblatt , March 6, 1932.
  • The coefficient of friction in the interior of overdense stars consisting of strongly degenerate matter when considering the relativistic corrections. In: Astronomische Nachrichten Nr. 5857 (1932), Vol. 245, pp. 1-6.
  • The approximate determination of the mean thickness of a snail shell by measuring the height and width of the snail shell. In: Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft (published by Med.-Naturwiss. Gesellschaft zu Jena) 1932, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 161–168.
  • A kinematic method for determining the axis directions and the axis ratio of a vibration ellipse given by its right or oblique components. In: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenkunde 52 (1932), pp. 349–352.
  • Ways to explore the interior of a star (as D. Werner-Starke). In: Der Sternfreund: Mitteilungsblatt des Bundes für Sternfreunde , H. 1. 1936. P. 57–66.
  • On the 300th anniversary of the death of Galileo Galilei, the pioneer of optical astronomical research. (as D. Werner-Starke) In: Zeiss Notes. In-house communications to promote and deepen our customer relationships all over the world (Carl-Zeiss company magazine), issue 41 (April 1942), pp. 13-15.

literature

  • Thomas Bischof: Applied mathematics and women's studies in Thuringia: embedded in the mathematical and scientific teaching reform since 1900 using the example of Dorothea Starke. Series of publications by the Collegium Europaeum Jenense; Vol. 44. Collegium Europaeum Jenense, Jena 2014, ISBN 978-3-944830-38-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Thomas Bischof: The mathematician Dorothea Starke. Chapter 5 in: Applied mathematics and women's studies in Thuringia: embedded in the mathematical and scientific teaching reform since 1900 using the example of Dorothea Starke. Table of contents Series of publications by the Collegium Europaeum Jenense ; Vol. No. 44. Collegium Europaeum Jenense, Jena 2014, ISBN 978-3-944830-38-4 , pp. 105-150.
  2. ↑ Dorothea Starke in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Strong, Dorothea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strong, Martha Dorothea; Werner-Starke, Martha Dorothea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz (Saxony)
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1943
Place of death Jena