Karl Maruhn

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Karl Peter Heinrich Maruhn (born December 5, 1904 in Chemnitz , † February 8, 1976 in Gießen ) was a German mathematician .

Life

Karl Maruhn studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Leipzig and Tübingen . In 1930 he was in Leipzig with the work of a contribution to the mathematical theory of shape of celestial bodies in Leon Lichtenstein Dr. phil. PhD . In 1931 he passed a teacher’s exam and taught at Leipzig schools until 1935. In 1939 he was posted to the German Aviation Research Institute in Berlin. At the same time he gave lectures at the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg , where he received his habilitation in 1937 . In 1944/1945 he held a chair for applied mathematics at the German University in Prague .

After the Second World War he became a lecturer and full professor at the University of Jena , where he worked in particular in the field of potential theory . In 1949 he was offered a position at the Technical University of Dresden , where he became director of the Institute for Pure Mathematics. In 1959 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Gießen and retired there in 1973 .

Karl Maruhn, together with Heinrich Grell and Willi Rinow, published the series of university books for mathematics at the Deutsches Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin , in which works of mathematical literature were published.

literature

Festschriften

  • Professor Dr. Dedicated to Karl Maruhn on the occasion of his 67th birthday. Mathematical seminar at the University of Giessen, 1971 ( communications from the Mathematical Seminar Giessen 94, ISSN  0373-8221 ).
  • Dedicated to the memory of Karl Maruhn. Edited by the professors of the Mathematical Institute of the University of Gießen, 1977 ( communications from the Mathematical Seminar Gießen 123, ISSN  0373-8221 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Maruhn, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maruhn, Karl Peter Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1976
Place of death to water