Wilhelm Blaschke
| Wilhelm Blaschke | |
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| Born |
13 September 1885 Graz |
| Died | 17 March 1962 (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 .
Wilhelm Blaschke joined the NSDAP in 1937.
A number of mathematical theorems and concepts is associated with the name of Blaschke.
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