Harro Heuser

Harro Heuser (December 26, 1927 in Nastätten – February 21, 2011) was a German mathematician. In German-speaking countries he is best known for his popular two-volume introduction into real analysis, Lehrbuch der Analysis.[1][2]

Heuser studied mathematics, physics and philosophy from 1948 to 1954 at the University of Tübingen to receive a teaching degree (Staatsexamen) and went on to study for his PhD, which he received in 1957. The advisor of his thesis, entitled Über Operatoren mit endlichen Defekten, was Helmut Wielandt.[3] After receiving his PhD he moved to the University of Karlsruhe, where he received his habilitation in 1962. In 1963 he became a professor at the University of Kiel and in 1964 at the University of Mainz. Finally in 1968 he became a tenured professor at the University of Karlsruhe, where he remained until his retirement in 1996. He was also temporarily working as a visiting professor in the United States, Canada, Colombia and Italy.[2][1]

Works
  • with Heinz Günther Tillmann as editors: Funkkolleg Mathematik. Eine Einführung in 2 Bänden. Fischer 1974
  • Funktionalanalysis. Theorie und Anwendung. 1975; 4th edition, Teubner 2006, ISBN 978-3-8351-0026-8 (review)
    English edition: Functional Analysis. Wiley 1982, ISBN 978-0-471-10069-0
  • Lehrbuch der Analysis - Teil 1. 1980; 17th edition, Teubner 2009, ISBN 978-3-8351-0131-9
  • Lehrbuch der Analysis - Teil 2. 1981; 14th edition, Teubner 2008, ISBN 978-3-8351-0208-8
  • with Hellmuth Wolf: Algebra, Funktionalanalysis und Codierung. Eine Einführung für Ingenieure. Teubner 1986, ISBN 978-3-519-02954-0
  • Gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen. Einführung in Lehre und Gebrauch. 1989; 6th edition, Teubner 2009, ISBN 978-3-519-42227-3
  • Als die Götter lachen lernten. Griechische Denker verändern die Welt. 1992; 2nd edition, Piper 1997
  • Die Magie der Zahlen. Von einer seltsamen Lust, die Welt zu ordnen. Herder 2003, ISBN 978-3-451-05439-6
  • Der Physiker Gottes. Isaac Newton oder Die Revolution des Denkens. Herder 2005, ISBN 978-3-451-05591-1
  • Unendlichkeiten. Nachrichten aus dem Grand Canyon des Geistes. Teubner 2007, ISBN 978-3-8351-0119-7

Notes
  1. Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 2007, p. 1409 (German)
  2. Short bio provided by the publisher in Lehrbuch der Analysis - Teil 1 and Als die Götter lachen lernten. (German)
  3. Harro Heuser at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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