Eduard Batschelet

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Eduard Batschelet or - in English-speaking countries - Edward Batschelet (born April 6, 1914 in Biel ; † October 3, 1979 in Zurich ) was a Swiss mathematician , high school and university teacher .

Life and career

After finishing school at the Humanist Gymnasium in Basel , Eduard Batschelet studied mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Basel . There he was a student of Alexander Markowitsch Ostrowski and received his doctorate under his guidance in 1942. Before that, in 1939 he himself had become a teacher at the Humanist Gymnasium in Basel. He held this teaching position until 1960. At the same time, he completed his teaching activities - with several interruptions - as part of further studies in Rome , New York , Princeton and London .

In 1952 Batschelet obtained his habilitation at the University of Basel, where he was also awarded the title of associate professor in 1958 . In 1960 he went on to further scientific research as a full professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC Finally, in 1971 he was appointed full professor at the University of Zurich , where he remained until his retirement . There he headed the biomathematical department of the Mathematical Institute .

Shortly after his retirement, Eduard Batschelet unexpectedly died of a heart attack .

Scientific achievement

Eduard Batschelet's scientific work initially extended to questions of algebra . This led not least to his dissertation investigations into the absolute values ​​of the roots of algebraic, especially cubic, equations . In later years he concentrated his scientific work largely on applied mathematics and in particular on mathematical statistics . He significantly promoted the application of mathematical methods for problem solving in related areas such as gerontology , population dynamics , future research and especially in biomathematics. Batschelet had an excellent reputation both as a teacher and university professor and as a scientific advisor.

Fonts

Eduard Batschelet is the author or co-author of more than a dozen scientific publications . He is also the author of the following well-known monographs :

  • Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Problems in Animal Orientation and Certain Biological Rhythms . American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington DC 1965.
  • Introduction to Mathematics for Biologists . Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1980, ISBN 3-540-09633-7 (English: Introduction to Mathematics for Life Scientists .).
  • Circular Statistics in Biology (=  Mathematics in Biology ). Academic Press, London (et al.) 1981, ISBN 0-12-081050-6 .

literature

  • Robert Ineichen: Professor Dr. Eduard Batschelet . In: Elements of Mathematics . tape 35 , 1980, pp. 105-107 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-34684 .
  • Thomas Brassel: The lecturers at the University of Zurich: summer semester 1933 to winter semester 1982/83. In: The University of Zurich 1933–1983: Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Zurich. University of Zurich, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-85823-086-3 , pp. 665–748, here p. 736, uzh.ch (PDF; 16.5 MB), accessed on May 2, 2016.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ This monograph has been widely used and has appeared in at least five languages.
personal data
SURNAME Batschelet, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Batschelet, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mathematician, grammar school and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1979
Place of death Zurich