Martin Barner (19 April 1921 – 31 July 2020) was a German mathematician working in the fields of

differential geometry Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It uses the techniques of differential calculus, integral calculus, linear algebra and multili ...

and analysis. Barner received his doctorate in 1950 at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. From 1957 he was professor in Karlsruhe and from 1962 at his alma mater in Freiburg, where he retired in 1989. From 1963 to 1994 he was director of the

Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach The Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics (german: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach) is a center for mathematical research in Oberwolfach, Germany. It was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944. It organizes weekl ...

and from 1968 to 1977 he was president of the German Mathematical Society. He died in July 2020 at the age of 99.Institute of Mathematics: Martin Barner death notice
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Martin Barner
at the Mathematics Genealogy Project 1921 births 2020 deaths 20th-century German mathematicians 21st-century German mathematicians People from the Republic of Baden People from Villingen-Schwenningen {{germany-mathematician-stub