Erich Schönhardt
Erich Schönhardt (born June 15, 1891 in Stuttgart ; † November 20, 1979 there ) was a German mathematician . He gained fame through the discovery of the Schönhardt polyhedron , the simplest non-convex polyhedron that cannot be broken down into tetrahedra without adding additional vertices .
Life
Schönhardt studied at the University of Stuttgart and received his doctorate from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in 1920. He wrote his dissertation on Schottky groups with Ludwig Maurer . In 1923 he completed his habilitation at the University of Tübingen and from 1927 was a non-official, associate professor there. During his studies he became a member of the Alemannia Stuttgart fraternity in 1909 .
In the 1930s he was a lecturer in Tübingen. During this time, the mathematician Erich Kamke retired because he had married a Jewish woman. In 1933 Schönhardt joined the NSDAP .
At the University of Stuttgart he was a full professor from 1936 and rector of the university from 1939 to 1942 . After 1945 Schönhardt was dismissed due to his Nazi past.
Works
- About the Schottky group in the hyperelliptic case , 1920
- On the decomposition of triangular polyhedra into tetrahedra , 1927
literature
- Renate Tobies : Biographical lexicon in mathematics for post-doctoral students . Rauner, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 3-936905-21-5 ( online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willy Nolte : Fraternity members regular role. Berlin 1934, p. 443.
- ^ Helmut Maier: Research as a weapon. Armaments research in the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Metal Research 1900-1945 / 48. 2 volumes. Wallstein, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0109-2 . Volume 1, p. 619
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönhardt, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1979 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |