Hans Schwerdtfeger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Schwerdtfeger

mathematician

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1990

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: Canada, Germany, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hans Wilhelm Eduard Schwerdtfeger (9 December 1902 – 26 June 1990) was a German-Canadian-Australian mathematician who worked in Galois theory, matrix theory, theory of groups and their geometries, and complex analysis.
"In 1962 he published Geometry of Complex Numbers : Circle Geometry, Möbius Transformations, Non-Euclidean Geometry which: ...
should be in every library, and every expert in classical function theory should be familiar with this material.
The author has performed a distinct service by making this material so conveniently accessible in a single book.
" - O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hans Schwerdtfeger", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.