Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski
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Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski FRS (24 September 1894 Breslau – 23 July 1964 Aarhus
) was a British mathematician
.
He then studied at the University of Breslau, University of Freiburg
and University of Göttingen, with Edmund Landau
.
The study was interrupted by the World War I
, in which Rogosinski served as a medic.
He focused his studies on pure mathematics
, and he also studied physics and philosophy.
His interest was analytical problems, especially in series.
His dissertation, "New Application of Pfeiffer's method for Dirichlet's divisor problem", caused a stir in 1922, for the mathematical professionals.
Rogosinski married in 1928 in Königsberg.
In 1932, his son Peter was born.
There followed five productive and successful years working with Richard Brauer
, Gabor Szego
and Kurt Reidemeister
.
The Rogosinski and Szego families became friends.
His first book was published in 1930.
It was an introduction to Fourier series
, and was written for students.
The original was translated into English in 1959, and is still used today.
But after the takeover by the Nazis, everything changed.
In 1936, his teaching credentials were withdrawn.
He was allowed only in some Jewish schools in Berlin.
The Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy
, and John Edensor Littlewood
, who were for some time in contact with Rogosinski, invited him to come to England.
And so he lived beginning in 1937, thanks to generous support from the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, with his wife and child in Cambridge, where he published with Hardy and Littlewood.
With GH Hardy, he published five papers from 1943 to 1949, under the title Notes on Fourier series.
He was a teacher in Aberdeen in 1941, which gave him his own modest income and the opportunity to continue to work scientifically and to publish the results.
In 1945, he went as a lecturer to Newcastle University; in 1947, he was appointed professor, and in 1948 Head of Department.
During the years in Newcastle "Rogo" made contacts with other mathematicians.
In 1959, Rogosinski resigned from his position at Newcastle.
Svend Bundgaard brought him into the Mathematical Institute, at Aarhus.
In Denmark he was as popular as anywhere else.
In 1954, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1962, he was elected foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.
His intention from Aarhus to Brighton was to go on to the new University of Sussex
. He died after a long illness at the age of 69 years in Aarhus.
Aarhus
Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
) was a British mathematician
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....
.
Life
His father, Hermann Rogosinski was Counsel in Wroclaw. Wolfgang Werner Rogosinski studied at Mary Magdalen School, from 1900 until1913 went.He then studied at the University of Breslau, University of Freiburg
University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg , sometimes referred to in English as the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the...
and University of Göttingen, with Edmund Landau
Edmund Landau
Edmund Georg Hermann Landau was a German Jewish mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and complex analysis.-Biography:...
.
The study was interrupted by the World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, in which Rogosinski served as a medic.
He focused his studies on pure mathematics
Pure mathematics
Broadly speaking, pure mathematics is mathematics which studies entirely abstract concepts. From the eighteenth century onwards, this was a recognized category of mathematical activity, sometimes characterized as speculative mathematics, and at variance with the trend towards meeting the needs of...
, and he also studied physics and philosophy.
His interest was analytical problems, especially in series.
His dissertation, "New Application of Pfeiffer's method for Dirichlet's divisor problem", caused a stir in 1922, for the mathematical professionals.
Rogosinski married in 1928 in Königsberg.
In 1932, his son Peter was born.
Career
In 1923, he went to Koenigsberg, first as a lecturer and associate professor in 1928.There followed five productive and successful years working with Richard Brauer
Richard Brauer
Richard Dagobert Brauer was a leading German and American mathematician. He worked mainly in abstract algebra, but made important contributions to number theory...
, Gabor Szego
Gábor Szego
Gábor Szegő was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the foremost analysts of his generation and made fundamental contributions to the theory of Toeplitz matrices and orthogonal polynomials.-Life:...
and Kurt Reidemeister
Kurt Reidemeister
Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister was a mathematician born in Braunschweig , Germany.He received his doctorate in 1921 with a thesis in algebraic number theory at the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Erich Hecke. In 1923 he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Vienna...
.
The Rogosinski and Szego families became friends.
His first book was published in 1930.
It was an introduction to Fourier series
Fourier series
In mathematics, a Fourier series decomposes periodic functions or periodic signals into the sum of a set of simple oscillating functions, namely sines and cosines...
, and was written for students.
The original was translated into English in 1959, and is still used today.
But after the takeover by the Nazis, everything changed.
In 1936, his teaching credentials were withdrawn.
He was allowed only in some Jewish schools in Berlin.
The Cambridge professor G. H. Hardy
G. H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold “G. H.” Hardy FRS was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis....
, and John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood was a British mathematician, best known for the results achieved in collaboration with G. H. Hardy.-Life:...
, who were for some time in contact with Rogosinski, invited him to come to England.
And so he lived beginning in 1937, thanks to generous support from the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, with his wife and child in Cambridge, where he published with Hardy and Littlewood.
With GH Hardy, he published five papers from 1943 to 1949, under the title Notes on Fourier series.
He was a teacher in Aberdeen in 1941, which gave him his own modest income and the opportunity to continue to work scientifically and to publish the results.
In 1945, he went as a lecturer to Newcastle University; in 1947, he was appointed professor, and in 1948 Head of Department.
During the years in Newcastle "Rogo" made contacts with other mathematicians.
In 1959, Rogosinski resigned from his position at Newcastle.
Svend Bundgaard brought him into the Mathematical Institute, at Aarhus.
In Denmark he was as popular as anywhere else.
In 1954, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1962, he was elected foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.
His intention from Aarhus to Brighton was to go on to the new University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
. He died after a long illness at the age of 69 years in Aarhus.
Works
- Volume and integral Oliver and Boyd, 1962; Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 9780486406817
External links
- "Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski", German Wikipedia