Friedrich Karl Schmidt
Friedrich Karl Schmidt (born September 22, 1901 in Düsseldorf , † January 25, 1977 in Heidelberg ) was a German mathematician who dealt primarily with algebra and number theory.
life and work
from left to right: Hubert Cremer , Heinrich Grell , Wolfgang Krull , Friedrich Karl Schmidt, Heinrich Heesch , Egon Ullrich , Friedrich Wilhelm Levi , Reinhold Baer , Theodor Pöschl , Friedrich Hund and Werner (Jena).
Schmidt studied in Freiburg and Marburg from 1920 to 1925. In 1925 he received his doctorate at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg under Alfred Loewy on general bodies in the area of higher congruences . In 1927 he was a private lecturer at the University of Erlangen , where he also completed his habilitation and in 1933 became an adjunct professor. In 1933/34 he was a lecturer at the University of Göttingen , where he worked with Helmut Hasse , and then until 1946 professor at the University of Jena . During the war years he was at the German Research Institute for Glider Flight in Reichenhall . After the war, he became a professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster in 1946 and from 1952 until his retirement in 1966 at the University of Heidelberg .
In the mid-1930s he was co-editor of the Fundamental Teachings of Mathematical Sciences .
Schmidt had been a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences since 1954 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 1968 .
Schmidt is best known for his contributions to the theory of algebraic function fields and in particular for his definition of a zeta function for function fields and the proof of the Riemann-Roch theorem for function fields (not only over complex numbers, but also over other fields). He also worked on class field theory and valuation theory, among other things .
His doctoral candidates include Reinhardt Kiehl , Ernst Kunz , Hans-Joachim Nastold and Chiungtze Tsen .
literature
- Nastold, Kunz: Obituary in Annual Report DMV , Vol. 83, 1981, p. 169
- Dieter Doll in the yearbook of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences 1978. ( Digital edition . Univ. Heidelberg, 2001)
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Karl Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Friedrich Karl Schmidt. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Gabriele Dörflinger: Friedrich Karl Schmidt . A collection of material from Historia Mathematica Heidelbergensis .
- History of Mathematics at the University of Münster, a. a. Schmidt's biography, pdf
- Correspondence with Hasse
- Photos in Oberwolfach
- Schmidt on the arithmetic theory of algebraic functions I , Mathem. Journal 1936, Riemann-Roch sentence
- Hasse, Schmidt Structure of Discrete Valued Bodies , Crelle Journal 1934
- Schmidt Analytical number theory in bodies of the characteristic p , Mathem. Journal 1931
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriele Dörflinger: Mathematics in the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . 2014, pp. 68–70
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Friedrich Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |