Vladimir Seidel
Wladimir P. Seidel (born December 21, 1906 in Odessa , † January 12, 1981 in Detroit ) was a Russian-born American mathematician who dealt with analysis .
Seidel was born as the son of a businessman and a teacher in Odessa, but went to the USA in 1918 and attended school in New York (Ethical Culture School). He then studied at the University of Edinburgh , Harvard University (with William Fogg Osgood , Bachelor 1925) and from 1928 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1930 under Constantin Carathéodory ( on the assignment of margins to conforming images ) . In 1931 he returned to the USA, was Peirce Instructor at Harvard (1932 to 1933) and from 1941 to 1955 professor at the University of Rochester. During World War II, he was theoretically involved in nuclear reactor development in Montreal , Canada . In 1952/53 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study . From 1955 he was a professor at the University of Notre Dame and from 1963 at Wayne State University .
The Seidel class of functions is named after him. Dieter Gaier is one of his doctoral students .
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| SURNAME | Seidel, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seidel, Vladimir P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1981 |
| Place of death | Detroit |