Karl Seebach (mathematician)
Karl Seebach (born June 28, 1912 in Munich ; † July 18, 2007 there ) was a German mathematician and didactician .
Life
Seebach studied mathematics and physics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and received his doctorate there in 1934 under Heinrich Tietze and Arnold Sommerfeld . The title of his dissertation is On expanding the domain of differentiable functions . In 1941 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Munich , where he previously worked as an assistant.
After the war, he was first a teacher at the Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium in Munich , where he also at the local study seminar was involved in teacher training. From 1967 he was a lecturer at the Pedagogical University in Pasing and in 1977 was appointed to the newly created chair for didactics of mathematics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He continued to work there after his retirement in autumn 1980.
From 1972 to 1981 Seebach was chairman of the MNU . In addition, he wrote numerous textbooks for mathematics lessons and participated in the design of the national mathematics competition .
In 1998 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.
Works
- By expanding the definition range of functions that can be differentiated several times. Reprint from the Bayer meeting report . Akad. D. Knowledge , Year 1941, pp. 67–90. ISBN 3-7696-4185-X
- Suggestions for the structure of analytical geometry in vector treatment. Munich, Ehrenwirth, 1965.
- with Friedrich Barth: Suggestions for the treatment of the geometrical images in the plane. Munich, Ehrenwirth, 1968.
- with Reinhold Federle: Introduction to Algebra. 2 volumes, Munich, 1962 a. 1966.
literature
- Rudolf Fritsch : Prof. Dr. Karl Seebach . In: Journal of the Förderverein des math. Institute of the LMU , issue 17, Jan. 2008, p. 8 ( PDF )
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Seebach in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Seebach in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ↑ Living contemporary history - our emeriti on the website of the mathematical institute of the LMU
- ↑ Information service of the LMU 1/99
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Seebach, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and didactician |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 2007 |
Place of death | Munich |