Andreas Speiser
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Andreas Speiser was a Swiss Mathematician
and Philosopher of Science.
notably with David Hilbert
, Felix Klein
, Hermann Minkowski
. In 1917 he became full time professor at the University of Zurich
but later relocated in Basel. During 1924/25 he was president of the Swiss Mathematical Association.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and Philosopher of Science.
Life and work
Speiser studied since 1904 in GöttingenGöttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
notably with David Hilbert
David Hilbert
David Hilbert was a German mathematician. He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of...
, Felix Klein
Felix Klein
Christian Felix Klein was a German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the connections between geometry and group theory...
, Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, who created and developed the geometry of numbers and who used geometrical methods to solve difficult problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.- Life and work :Hermann Minkowski was born...
. In 1917 he became full time professor at the University of Zurich
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....
but later relocated in Basel. During 1924/25 he was president of the Swiss Mathematical Association.
Writings
- Die Theorie der Gruppen von endlicher Ordnung – mit Anwendungen auf algebraische Zahlen und Gleichungen sowie auf die Kristallographie. Springer 1923, Birkhäuser 1956.
- Klassische Stücke der Mathematik. Orell Füssli 1925 (mit Abdruck von Quellen, u.a. auch Dante, Rousseau).
- Leonhard Euler und die Deutsche Philosophie. Orell Füssli 1934.
- Leonhard Euler. In: Große Schweizer. Atlantis Verlag, Zürich 1939, 1940, S.1-6.
- Die mathematische Denkweise. Rascher 1932, Birkhäuser 1945, 1952.
- Leonhard Euler. Vortrag gehalten an der Generalversammlung des S.I.A. in Basel am 11. September 1949. Schweizerische Bauzeitung, Jg.67, Nr.48. 26. November 1949, Zürich.
- Elemente der Philosophie und Mathematik. Birkhäuser 1952.
- Die Geistige Arbeit. Birkhäuser 1955 (Vorträge).
- Ein Parmenideskommentar – Studien zur Platonischen Dialektik. Koehler, Leipzig, Stuttgart, 1937, 1959.
- Ueber Riemannsche Flächen. Comm.Math.Helvetici (CMH), Bd.2, 1930, S.284.
- Zur Theorie der Substitutionsgruppen. Mathematische Annalen, Bd. 75, 1914, S.443.
- Zahlentheoretische Sätze aus der Gruppentheorie. Math.Zeitschrift Bd.5, 1919, S.1.
- Naturphilosophische Untersuchungen von Euler und Riemann. Crelle Journal Bd.157, 1927, S.105.
- Zahlentheorie in rationalen Algebren. CMH, Bd.8, 1936, S.391.
- Riemann'sche Flächen vom hyperbolischen Typus. CMH Bd.10, 1938, S.232.
- Geometrisches zur Riemannschen Zetafunktion. Mathematische Annalen Bd.110, 1934, S.514.
- Einteilung der sämtlichen Werke Leonhard Eulers. CMH Bd.20, 1947.