Heinrich Löwig
Heinrich Löwig , in English mostly Henry Lowig , (born October 29, 1904 in Royal Vineyards , † 1995 ) was a Czech-Canadian mathematician.
Life
Löwig studied at the German University in Prague , where he received his doctorate in 1928 (periodic difference equations ). In 1935 he qualified as a professor (complex Euclidean spaces with any number of finite or transfinite dimensions). He was a lecturer at the German University in Prague and a high school teacher in Leitmeritz and Reichenberg . He lost his jobs after the National Socialists' conquest of the Czech Republic (his father was Jewish, the family Catholic) and was in various labor camps, and even after the Second World War, since he was now considered a German, he was unable to teach in Czechoslovakia Find. In 1948 he emigrated to Tasmania , where he worked at the University of Hobart . In 1957 he went to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, where he retired in 1972.
His wife and daughter (Ingrid Jackson) later lived in Sydney. When he emigrated, he rarely spoke German and changed his name to Henry Lowig. Czech was spoken in the family.
He dealt with analysis ( difference and differential equations ), functional analysis ( dimension theory ) and algebra ( lattice theory , linear algebra, etc.).
literature
- Maximilian Pinl colleagues in a dark time , annual report DMV, 75, 1973 p. 175
- Martina Bečvářová, Antonín Slavík, Vlastimil Dlab, Jindřich Bečvář: Forgotten mathematician Henry Lowig (1904–1995), Matfyzpress 2012
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löwig, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lowig, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech-Canadian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague (Royal Vineyards) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |