Wolfgang custom
Wolfgang Brauch (born December 11, 1925 in Naumburg an der Saale , † September 16, 2005 in Ravensburg ) was a German mathematician , geophysicist and university professor.
The son of the lawyer Walter Brauch attended the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig before moving to the gymnasiums in Naumburg and Werdau until 1944 . In 1945 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and taken prisoner of war in the United States. From 1947 to 1952 he studied at what was then the mining academy in Clausthal (today Clausthal University of Technology ). From 1953 to 1958 he was an assistant and lecturer there. In 1954 in Bogotá (Colombia) he researched the mathematical and geophysical foundations of reservoir science and reflection seismics . In 1955 he received his doctorate.
From 1958 to 1965 he was a lecturer at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences . From 1965 he was professor for applied and numerical mathematics and computer science at the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences . In 1990 he retired. Even afterwards he was active as a lecturer and published further scientific papers.
He had been married since 1954 and had three sons.
Publications
- Thoughts on evaluation in reflection seismics , Wilhelmshaven 1954
- Wave speeds and plumbing time in reflection seismics , Clausthal-Zellerfeld 1955, dissertation and patent specification
- Mathematics for Engineers , Stuttgart 1963 (last 11th edition, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-8351-0073-4 )
- Matemáticas para ingenieros Bilbao Ediciones Urmo, 1970
- Programming with FORTRAN , Stuttgart 1972 (last 6th edition, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-519-00004-0 )
- Programming with FORTRAN 77 for engineers , Stuttgart 1983 (last 3rd edition, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-519-20094-5 )
- Programming with BASIC , Stuttgart 1981 (last 3rd edition, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-519-20086-4 )
- Programming with Microsoft BASIC for engineers , Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-519-00111-X
- Contributions to Lueger's Lexikon der Technik , 4th edition, 1960–1972
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Brauch in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Queen-Carola-Gymnasium Leipzig: Teachers and pupils directory 1937 to 1938 , Leipzig 1938, p. 10
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Custom, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, geophysicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naumburg on the Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2005 |
| Place of death | Ravensburg |