Hans Grauert

Hans Grauert
Grauert in Moscow, 1966
Born(1930-02-08)8 February 1930
Died4 September 2011(2011-09-04) (aged 81)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Münster
Known forComplex analytic space
Grauert's theorem
Andreotti–Grauert theorem
Grauert–Riemenschneider vanishing theorem
AwardsCantor medal (2008)
ICM Speaker (1958, 1962 and 1968)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Behnke
Beno Eckmann
Doctoral studentsWolf Barth

Hans Grauert (8 February 1930 in Haren, Emsland, Germany – 4 September 2011) was a German mathematician. He is known for major works on several complex variables, complex manifolds[1] and the application of sheaf theory in this area, which influenced later work in algebraic geometry.[2] Together with Reinhold Remmert he established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces.[3] He became professor at the University of Göttingen in 1958, as successor to C. L. Siegel. The lineage of this chair traces back through an eminent line of mathematicians: Weyl, Hilbert, Riemann, and ultimately to Gauss.[4] Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.

Grauert was awarded a fellowship of the Leopoldina[5] and the von Staudt Prize.[5]


Early life

Grauert attended school at the Gymnasium in Meppen before studying for a semester at the University of Mainz in 1949, and then at the University of Münster, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1954.[5]

See also

Publications

  • Grauert, Hans (1994), Selected papers. Vol. I, II, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-57107-0, MR 1314425
  • with Klaus Fritzsche: Several Complex Variables, 1976; hbk{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[6] Grauert, H.; Fritzsche, K. (6 December 2012). softcover reprint 2012. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4612-9874-8.
  • with Klaus Fritzsche: Fritzsche, Klaus; Grauert, Hans (2002), From Holomorphic Functions to Complex Manifolds, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-95395-3[7]

References

  1. ^ Huckleberry, A (2009). "Hans Grauert: Mathematiker Pur" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 55 (1): 38–41.
  2. ^ Bauer, I. C. et al. (2002) Complex geometry: collection of papers dedicated to Hans Grauert, Springer.
  3. ^ Huckleberry, Alan (2013). "Hans Grauert (1930–2011)". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 115: 21–45. arXiv:1303.6933. doi:10.1365/s13291-013-0061-7. S2CID 119685542.
  4. ^ Grauert, H. (1994) Selected Papers, Springer.
  5. ^ a b c O'Connor, J.J.; Robertson, E.F. (November 2006). "Hans Grauert". MacTutor. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  6. ^ Shiffman, Bernard (1979). "Review: Several complex variables by H. Grauert and K. Fritzsche" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (3): 563–566. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1979-14623-8.
  7. ^ Krantz, Steven G. (2003). "Reviewed work: From Holomorphic Functions to Complex Manifolds, Karl Fritzsche, Hans Grauert". The American Mathematical Monthly. 110 (2): 167–171. doi:10.2307/3647794. JSTOR 3647794.


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