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
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 | |
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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 |