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| Detlef Gromoll | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1938-05-13)13 May 1938 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 31 May 2008(2008-05-31) (aged 70) Stony Brook, New York, US |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Known for | Soul theorem, Splitting theorem and also as a coauthor of the book "Riemannsche Geometrie im Grossen". |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | SUNY Stony Brook |
| Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Hirzebruch |
| Doctoral students | Gabriel Paternain Guofang Wei |
Detlef Gromoll (13 May 1938 – 31 May 2008) was a mathematician who worked in differential geometry.
Biography
Gromoll was born in Berlin in 1938, and was a classically trained violinist. After living and attending school in Rosdorf and graduating from high school in Bonn, he obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Bonn in 1964. Following sojourns at several universities, he joined the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1969.
He married Suzan L. Lemay on 29 December 1971, and they had three children together: Hans Christian (also a mathematician), Heidi, and Stefan, a physicist & cofounder of Scientific Media.
See also
Publications
- Gromoll, Detlef; Klingenberg, Wilhelm; Meyer, Wolfgang (1968). Riemannsche Geometrie im Grossen. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Vol. 55. Berlin-New York: Springer Verlag. MR 0229177.
- Cheeger, Jeff; Gromoll, Detlef (1972). "On the structure of complete manifolds of nonnegative curvature". Annals of Mathematics. Second Series. 96 (3): 413–443. doi:10.2307/1970819. JSTOR 1970819. MR 0309010.
References
- ^ Chang, Kenneth (2008-06-19). "Detlef Gromoll, Known for Math 'Soul' Idea, Dies at 70". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
Detlef Gromoll, a mathematician who helped lay the foundations for studying the abstract distortions of shapes in three or more dimensions, died on May 31 in Stony Brook, N.Y. He was 70.
- Detlef Gromoll at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Detlef Gromoll", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- Detlef Gromoll at the Mathematics Genealogy Project