Martin Barner
German mathematician, differential geometer, and university teacher
About Martin Barner
Lived 1921 – 2020 (aged 99). Martin Barner was a German mathematician, university teacher and differential geometer.
Martin Barner (19 April 1921 – 31 July 2020) was a German mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry and analysis. Barner received his doctorate in 1950 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. From 1957, he was professor in Karlsruhe and from 1962 at his alma mater in Freiburg, where he retired in 1989. From 1963 to 1994, he was director of the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach and from 1968 to 1977 he was president of the German Mathematical Society.
He died in July 2020 at the age of 99.
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German mathematician, differential geometer, and university teacher (1921–2020)
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Martin Barner was born on 19 April 1921 in Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen.
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Martin Barner died on 31 July 2020.
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Martin Barner was a mathematician, university teacher and differential geometer.
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Martin Barner was German.
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