Karl Peter Grotemeyer

Karl Peter Grotemeyer

Karl Peter Grotemeyer (born September 8, 1927 in Osnabrück , † July 30, 2007 in Bielefeld ) was a German mathematician . From 1970 to 1992 he was rector of Bielefeld University .

Life

Grotemeyer attended the Besselgymnasium in Minden , followed by military service and imprisonment. From 1947 he completed a degree in mathematics , physics and astronomy at the University of Göttingen , which he completed in 1951 with a doctorate under Theodor Kaluza ( The infinitesimal unbendability of surfaces and the unambiguous determination of surfaces by the first fundamental form ). 1954 followed the habilitation at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg .

After his four-year assistantship at the Technical University of Berlin , he became professor and institute director at the Mathematical Institute of the Free University of Berlin in 1958 . In 1969 he accepted the call to the Mathematical Faculty of Bielefeld University , where he had been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board since 1965.

In March 1970 he was elected rector of Bielefeld University. He held this office until his retirement in 1992, during which time Grotemeyer was re-elected five times.

Act

He mainly dealt with differential geometry, for example questions of congruence, inflexibility and unambiguous determination of surfaces and the characterization of the sphere in global differential geometry. He used the method of integral formulas.

Grotemeyer was heavily involved from the founding year of the University of Bielefeld in 1969 until his retirement in 1992 and shaped today's university. He was also committed to the Oberwolfach Mathematical Research Institute .

Karl Peter Grotemeyer was a member of the Science Council from 1968 to 1972 , Vice-President of the West German Rectors 'Conference from 1971 to 1973 , Chairman of the State Rectors' Conference from 1990 to 1992 and a longstanding member of the WDR Broadcasting Council . After the fall of the Berlin Wall he became involved at the TU Cottbus in 1991 , where he was a member of the founding senate and deputy founding rector.

Honors

• 1983: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1991: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1992: Honorary Senator of Bielefeld University
• Honorary member and longtime board member of DMV .
• Ring of honor and honorary citizenship of Bielefeld.
• The Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft named the Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize after him in 1997 .

Fonts

• Multilinear algebra . Free University of Berlin, 1968.
• Analytical geometry . De Gruyter, Berlin 1958 (2nd edition 1962, 3rd edition 1964, 4th edition 1969).
• Topology . Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim 1969, ISBN 3-411-00836-9 .
• Linear algebra . Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim 1970.
• For the unambiguous determination of areas by the first fundamental form , Mathematische Zeitschrift, Volume 55, 1952, pp. 253-268
• The unambiguous determination of a class of open, complete areas by the metric , Math. Zeitschrift, Volume 62. 1955. pp. 17-22
• On the surface theory on a large scale: About the mapping through parallel normals, part 1,2, Archiv der Mathematik, Volume 9, 1958, pp. 117–122 (About the mapping through parallel normals), 382–388 (Simple remarks on Poincaré's Index method)

literature

• Heinz Kunle: Karl Peter Grotemeyer: Honorary member of the DMV, DMV-Mitteilungen 4/1996

swell

1. ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. ↑ ^{a b c} "Mourning Karl Peter Grotemeyer" , Bielefeld University, July 30, 2007
3. ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 . 
4. ^ "The label of the extraordinary" , Neue Westfälische of October 28, 1992

Web links

• Literature by and about Karl Peter Grotemeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary for Karl Peter Grotemeyer (Bielefeld University)
• Uni talks, speeches at the memorial ceremony