Friedrich Hirzebruch

Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Hirzebruch
	Hirzebruch in 1980 (picture courtesy MFO)
Born	Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch; 17 October 1927; Hamm, Province of Westphalia, Germany
Died	27 May 2012 (aged 84); Bonn, Germany
Alma mater	University of Münster; ETH Zürich; Institute for Advanced Study; Princeton University;
Known for	Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem; Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence; Hirzebruch signature theorem; Hirzebruch surface; Topological K-theory; Characteristic classes; Complex manifolds;
Awards	Wolf Prize (1988); Lobachevsky Medal (1989); Lomonosov Gold Medal (1996); Albert Einstein Medal (1999); Cantor medal (2004); ForMemRS(1994);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Bonn; Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik;
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Behnke; Heinz Hopf;
Doctoral students	Egbert Brieskorn; Detlef Gromoll; Matthias Kreck; Winfried Scharlau; Friedhelm Waldhausen; Don Bernard Zagier; Lothar Göttsche;

Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS^[1] (17 October 1927 – 27 May 2012) was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

^ ^a ^b Atiyah, Michael (2014). "Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch 17 October 1927 — 27 May 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60. Royal Society: 229–247. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0010.
^ Friedrich Hirzebruch at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ "Friedrich Hirzebruch 1927–2012". 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Mayer, Karl Heinz (1968), O(n)-Mannigfaltigkeiten, exotische Sphären und Singularitäten, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 57, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, doi:10.1007/BFb0074355, ISBN 978-3-540-04227-3, MR 0229251
^ Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Zagier, Don (1974), The Atiyah-Singer theorem and elementary number theory, Houston, TX: Publish or Perish, MR 0650832
^ Hirzebruch, Friedrich (1987), Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band I, II, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-18087-6, MR 0931775
^ Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Jung, Rainer; Berger, Thomas (1992), Manifolds and modular forms, Aspects of Mathematics, E20, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, ISBN 978-3-528-06414-3, MR 1189136
^ Hirzebruch, Friedrich (1995) [1956], Topological methods in algebraic geometry, Classics in Mathematics, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-58663-0, MR 1335917
^ Segel, Joel (1 December 2011). "Friedrich Hirzebruch: Giant of German Mathematics". Simons Foundation.
^ Atiyah, Michael; Zagier, Don (2014), "Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012)" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 61 (7): 706–727, doi:10.1090/noti1145

[frs-1] Atiyah, Michael (2014). "Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch 17 October 1927 — 27 May 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60. Royal Society: 229–247. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0010.

[mathgene-2] Friedrich Hirzebruch at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[3] "Friedrich Hirzebruch 1927–2012". 29 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[4] Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[5] Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Mayer, Karl Heinz (1968), O(n)-Mannigfaltigkeiten, exotische Sphären und Singularitäten, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 57, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, doi:10.1007/BFb0074355, ISBN 978-3-540-04227-3, MR 0229251

[6] Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Zagier, Don (1974), The Atiyah-Singer theorem and elementary number theory, Houston, TX: Publish or Perish, MR 0650832

[7] Hirzebruch, Friedrich (1987), Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band I, II, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-18087-6, MR 0931775

[8] Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Jung, Rainer; Berger, Thomas (1992), Manifolds and modular forms, Aspects of Mathematics, E20, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, ISBN 978-3-528-06414-3, MR 1189136

[9] Hirzebruch, Friedrich (1995) [1956], Topological methods in algebraic geometry, Classics in Mathematics, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-540-58663-0, MR 1335917

[10] Segel, Joel (1 December 2011). "Friedrich Hirzebruch: Giant of German Mathematics". Simons Foundation.

[11] Atiyah, Michael; Zagier, Don (2014), "Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012)" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 61 (7): 706–727, doi:10.1090/noti1145

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Friedrich Hirzebruch
Hirzebruch in 1980 (picture courtesy MFO)
Born	Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch (1927-10-17)17 October 1927 Hamm, Province of Westphalia, Germany
Died	27 May 2012(2012-05-27) (aged 84) Bonn, Germany
Alma mater	University of Münster ETH Zürich Institute for Advanced Study Princeton University
Known for	Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence Hirzebruch signature theorem Hirzebruch surface Topological K-theory Characteristic classes Complex manifolds
Awards	Wolf Prize (1988) Lobachevsky Medal (1989) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1996) Albert Einstein Medal (1999) Cantor medal (2004) ForMemRS(1994)^[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Bonn Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik
Doctoral advisor	Heinrich Behnke Heinz Hopf
Doctoral students	Egbert Brieskorn Detlef Gromoll Matthias Kreck Winfried Scharlau Friedhelm Waldhausen Don Bernard Zagier Lothar Göttsche^[2]

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