Friedrich Wille (mathematician)

Friedrich Wille (born January 5, 1935 ; † August 9, 1992 ) was a German mathematician and professor ( C4 ) at the University of Kassel . In addition to his work as a professor and as an author of specialist and entertaining literature for readers interested in mathematics, he is also known as the author and composer of the main clause cantata , a setting of the main clause of differential and integral calculus (including proof and applications). His work “Galerkin's approaches to solving monotonous images”, written entirely in poetry, also acquired a certain fame.

In 1965, Wille wrote his dissertation with the title Construction of almost automorphic functions by Poincaré series at the University of Göttingen under Wilhelm Maak . In analysis he contributed Wille's theorem .

Willes younger brother Rudolf Wille was also a mathematician and professor ( Technische Universität Darmstadt ).

Works

Humorous books

• Friedrich Wille: Humor in Mathematics . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1982, ISBN 3-525-40726-2 . (This includes the main cantata ).
• Friedrich Wille: A mathematical journey (=  Small Vandenhoeck series . Volume 1505 ). Vandenhoeck, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-33503-2 .

Reference books

• Klemens Burg, Herbert Haf, Friedrich Wille: Higher Mathematics for Engineers . Teubner Verlag. 5 volumes.
• Friedrich Wille: Analysis. An application-oriented introduction (=  mathematics for teaching at grammar schools ). Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, 1976, doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-322-94765-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Friedrich Wille in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedrich Wille: Galerkin's approximation of solutions for monotonous maps (=  Math. Z. Volume 127 ). Springer, 1972, p. 10-16 , doi : 10.1007 / BF01110100 ( uni-goettingen.de ).
2. ↑ Friedrich Wille. Mathematics Genealogy Project, accessed November 21, 2017 .