Nationality Austrian Role Professor of mathematics | Name Wilhelm Blaschke | |
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Born 13 September 1885Graz ( 1885-09-13 ) Doctoral students Shiing-Shen ChernLuis SantaloEmanuel Sperner Known for Blaschke productBlaschke selection theoremBlaschke–Santalo inequality Books Elementare Differentialgeometrie, Projektive Geometrie Similar People Luis Santalo, Shiing‑Shen Chern, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Emanuel Sperner, Felix Klein | ||
Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke (13 September 1885 – 17 March 1962) was an Austrian differential and integral geometer.
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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 Loyalty Oath of German Professors to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State.
Wilhelm Blaschke joined the NSDAP in 1937.
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A number of mathematical theorems and concepts is associated with the name of Blaschke.
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