Curt Meyer

Curt Meyer (19 November 1919 – 18 April 2011) was a German mathematician. He made notable contributions to number theory.

For those of a similar name, see Kurt Meyer (disambiguation).
Curt Meyer
Born(1919-11-19)19 November 1919
Bremerhaven
Died18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 91)
Bergisch Gladbach
NationalityGerman
Alma materHumboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cologne
Doctoral advisorHelmut Hasse
Doctoral studentsChristopher Deninger

A native of Bremerhaven, Meyer obtained his doctorate from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1950, under supervision of Helmut Hasse. In 1966 he became professor of mathematics at the University of Cologne, a position he held until 1985.

Among his most important results is an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.[1]

Books by Meyer
  • Die Berechnung der Klassenzahl abelscher Körper über quadratischen Zahlkörpern. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. 1957.[2]
  • Zur Theorie und Praxis der elliptischen Einheiten. Saarbrücken: Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität des Saarlandes. 1995.

References
  1. ——— (1970). "Bemerkungen zum Satz von Heegner-Stark über die imaginär-quadratischen Zahlkörper mit der Klassenzahl Eins". Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. 1970 (242): 179–214. doi:10.1515/crll.1970.242.179.
  2. Iwasawa, K. (1958). "Review: Die Berechnung der Klassenzahl abelscher Körper über quadratischen Zahlkörpern. By Curt Meyer" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (4): 211–212. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1958-10216-5.


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