Karl Wellnitz

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Karl Wellnitz (born May 20, 1913 in Arnswalde ; † August 5, 1992 in Berlin ) was a German mathematician and university professor.

Life

He graduated from high school in Arnswalde in 1931. Then he studied at the University of Greifswald and on June 13, 1936 took the state examination for teaching qualifications (mathematics, physics, chemistry). He received his doctorate on January 27, 1940 . The topic of his dissertation was: On a new version of the concept of mathematical probability. In 1962 he was made associate professor for mathematics at the Pedagogical University of Berlin , in 1970 full professor for mathematics and didactics of the natural sciences and in 1975 retired.

Publications

  • Geometry of the plane. Mentor-Verlag, Berlin-Schöneberg 1953
  • Combinatorics. Vieweg, Braunschweig [a. a.] 1953
  • Classic probability theory. Vieweg, Braunschweig [a. a.] 1954
  • Modern probability theory. Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig 1964
  • István Szabó , Karl Wellnitz, Wolfgang Zander: Mathematics . Hut paperback. Springer, Berlin 1974

literature

  • Kürschner's Deutscher Schehrten-Kalender 1992. 16th edition, Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1992, ISBN 2-11-011754-10 , p. 4019; 17th edition, volume medicine, natural sciences, technology. 1996, ISBN 3-11-014915-X , p. 1621 (in the Nekrolog)

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personal data
SURNAME Wellnitz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnswalde
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1992
Place of death Berlin