Horst F. Niemeyer

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Horst Friedrich Niemeyer (born June 30, 1931 in Düsseldorf , † October 31, 2007 in Perth , Australia ) was a German mathematician . His name is associated with the Hare-Niemeyer method for calculating seat distributions, which u. a. was used from 1987 to 2005 in federal elections .

Niemeyer, the son of a veterinarian, attended the Scharnhorst School in Düsseldorf from 1937, then the high school for boys in Nienburg / Weser and then the pedagogy in Godesberg , where he graduated from high school in 1951. He finished his studies in mathematics and physics, which he began at the University of Bonn in 1952, with the passing of the state examination in May 1956. He then worked as a research assistant at the TH Aachen until 1961, where he received his doctorate in both subjects on July 31, 1956. In 1959 and 1960 he conducted research at New York University and then worked again in Aachen as a chief engineer until 1966. His habilitation in mathematics took place there in November 1963. In 1966 and 1967 he worked as an associate professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New York.

From 1967 to 1973 he was a professor at the chair for instrumental and applied mathematics at the Philipps University of Marburg , where he also took over the management of the computer center. In 1970 and 1971 he headed the mathematics section of the university and was vice dean of this department in 1971 and 1972. From 1973 until his retirement in 1996 he was a full professor at RWTH Aachen University .

Niemeyer was a member of the American Mathematical Society since 1964 .

Publications

  • Green tensors and asymptotic behavior of natural oscillations and natural frequencies of electromagnetic oscillations in cavities. Munich [1959].
  • About the elastic natural vibrations of finite bodies. Aachen 1963.
  • with Edgar Wermuth: Lineare Algebra. Vieweg, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 978-3-528-04163-2 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-322-83034-0
  • with Alice C. Niemeyer: Apportionment methods. In: Mathematical Social Sciences. 56, No. 2, 2008, pp. 240-253.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Death of AMS Members. In: Notices of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), January 2009, Volume 56, No. 1, p. 64 ( ams.org PDF, English; 14.8 MB)
  2. ^ Peter Wriggers: Point 1 (deceased members). In: Minutes of the President's report to the members of the General Assembly on February 11, 2009 (= circular of the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics GAMM), 2/2009, p. 26 ( gamm.online.de PDF; 2.3 MB) seen July 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Horst Friedrich Niemeyer. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Short biography on the website of the Department of Mathematics / Computer Science at the Philipps University of Marburg, as seen on July 3, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-marburg.de
  4. ^ Entry at the University of Trier
personal data
SURNAME Niemeyer, Horst F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niemeyer, Horst Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2007
Place of death Perth , Australia