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.