Hanno Rund
Hanno Rund (born October 26, 1925 in Schwerin , † January 5, 1993 in Tucson , Arizona ) was a German mathematician.
Hanno Rund received his Ph.D. in 1950 from the University of Cape Town with Christian Pauc. PhD ( Geometry of Finsler spaces considered as generalized Minkowskian spaces ). In 1952 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg and was a lecturer at the University of Bonn from 1952 to 1954 . Since 1954 he taught as a professor at the University of Toronto . He then took on further teaching positions in South Africa at the University of Natal and the Universiteit van Pretoria . In 1967 he became a full professor at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. In 1970 Hanno Rund took over the professorship and head of the Applied Mathematics department at the University of Waterloo , where he had been visiting professor in 1964/65. From 1971 he was a professor at the University of Arizona , where he was also temporarily head of the mathematics department.
Hanno Rund dealt with differential geometry (including in Finsler and Minkowski spaces), calculus of variations and Hamiltonian systems as well as other applications of differential geometry in mathematical physics and in particular in general relativity .
His doctoral students include David Lovelock (* 1938), a British theoretical physicist who received his doctorate from the University of Natal in 1961.
Fonts
- The differential geometry of finsler spaces . The basic doctrines of the mathematical sciences in individual presentations with special consideration of the areas of application , No. 101, Springer 1959 (extended Russian edition 1982)
- The Hamilton-Jacobi theory in the calculus of variations: its role in mathematics and physics . Van Nostrand, London 1966, 2nd edition New York: RE Krieger 1973
- Invariant theory of variational problems on subspaces of a Riemannian manifold . Hamburg Mathematical Individual Writings 5, Göttingen 1971
- with David Lovelock: Tensors, differential forms, and variational principles . Wiley, New York / NY 1975, Dover 1990 (with new appendix on global geometry)
- Generalized connections and gauge fields on fiber bundles . Studia mathematica, University of South Africa , Pretoria 1981
- with David Lovelock: Variational Principles in the General Theory of Relativity . Annual report DMV , Volume 74, 1972, pp. 1-65
Web links
- Hanno Rund: Hanno Rund . In: Results in Mathematics . tape 24 , no. 1-2 , August 1993, pp. 3 , doi : 10.1007 / BF03322313 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and career dates Michael Toeppel, historical list of members of the DMV 1890–1990, Munich 1991
- ^ GVK : bibliographical evidence
- ↑ Hanno Rund in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ SUB Goettingen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Round, Hanno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1993 |
| Place of death | Tucson |