Kurt Leichtweiss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German mathematician
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Place of Birth: Villingen-Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Kurt Leichtweiss
- Kurt Leichtweiss (March 2, 1927 in Villingen, Baden – June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry.Leichtweiss was born in Villingen-Schwenningen.
- In 1944, while still in high school he traveled to the Mathematical Institute where his mathematical interests were encouraged.
- He studied at the University of Freiburg and the ETH Zurich.
- He was a student of Emanuel Sperner and Wilhelm Süss.
- He was then a lecturer in Freiburg and in 1963 became a professor at TU Berlin.
- From 1970 until his retirement in 1995, he was a professor at the University of Stuttgart.
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