About Fritz Gassmann
Lived 1899 – 1990 (aged 90–91). Fritz Gassmann was a Swiss mathematician and geophysicist, known for Gassmann triple and Gassmann's equation.
Fritz Gassmann (1899–1990) was a Swiss mathematician and geophysicist.
Life His Ph.D. advisors at ETH Zurich were George Pólya and Hermann Weyl. He was a geophysics professor at the ETH Zurich.
Legacy Gassmann is the eponym for the Gassmann triple and Gassmann's equation.
Selected publications Gassmann, Fritz (1951). Über die Elastizität poröser Medien. Viertel. Naturforsch. Ges. Zürich, 96, 1 – 23. (English translation available as pdf here).
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Who was Fritz Gassmann?
Swiss mathematician (1899-1990)
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Fritz Gassmann was born in 1899 in Zurich.
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Fritz Gassmann died in 1990 in Zurich.
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Fritz Gassmann was a mathematician and geophysicist.
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Fritz Gassmann was known for Gassmann triple and Gassmann's equation.
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Fritz Gassmann was Swiss.
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