Wilhelm Blaschke

Wilhelm Blaschke
Born (1885-09-13)13 September 1885
Graz
Died 17 March 1962(1962-03-17) (aged 76)
Hamburg
Nationality Austrian
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Hamburg
Alma mater University of Vienna
Doctoral advisor Wilhelm Wirtinger
Doctoral students Shiing-Shen Chern
Luis Santaló
Emanuel Sperner
Known for Blaschke product
Blaschke selection theorem
Blaschke–Santaló inequality

Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke (13 September 1885 – 17 March 1962) was an Austrian differential and integral geometer.

His students included Shiing-Shen Chern, Luis Santaló, and Emanuel Sperner.

In 1916 Blaschke published one of the first books devoted to convex sets: Circle and Sphere (Kreis und Kugel). Drawing on dozens of sources, Blaschke made a thorough review of the subject with citations within the text to attribute credit in a classical area of mathematics.

In 1933 Blaschke signed the Loyalty Oath of German Professors to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State.

Wilhelm Blaschke joined the NSDAP in 1937.[1]

Publications

Namesake

A number of mathematical theorems and concepts is associated with the name of Blaschke.

References

  1. Heinrich Behnke (1898-1979): zwischen Mathematik und deren Didaktik, Uta Hartmann, 2009 ISBN 9783631588604
  2. Bliss, G. A. (1923). "Blaschke on Differential Geometry". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (7): 322–325. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1923-03737-3.
  3. Walker, R. J. (1939). "Review: W. Blaschke and G. Bol, Geometrie der Gewebe". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (9): 652–653. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1939-07052-3.
  4. Synge, J. L. (1939). "Review: W. Blaschke, Eben Kinematik". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (11): 814–815. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1939-07071-7.
  5. Allendoerfer, Carl B. (1951). "Review, W. Blaschke, Einführung in die Differentialgeometrie". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 57 (1, Part 1): 84–85. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1951-09454-9.
  6. Hsiung, C. C. (1957). "Review: W. Blaschke, Einführung in die Geometrie der Waben". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 63 (3): 203–204. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1957-10104-9.
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