Konrad Jörgens (3 December 1926 – 28 April 1974) was a German mathematician. He made important contributions to

mathematical physics Mathematical physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...

, in particular to the foundations of quantum mechanics, and to the theory of

partial differential equation In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which involves a multivariable function and one or more of its partial derivatives. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" that solves the equation, similar to ho ...

s and

integral operator An integral operator is an operator that involves integration. Special instances are: * The operator of integration itself, denoted by the integral symbol * Integral linear operators, which are linear operators induced by bilinear forms involvi ...

Career

He studied at

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

(1949–51) and

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(1951–54) where he received his doctorate in 1954 under

Franz Rellich Franz Rellich (September 14, 1906 – September 25, 1955) was an Austrian-German mathematician. He made important contributions in mathematical physics, in particular for the foundations of quantum mechanics and for the theory of partial differen ...

, with a thesis on the Monge-Ampere equation. From 1954-1958 he was at the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics at Göttingen, with an interim stay at New York University (1956–57). From 1958 he was at the Institute of Applied Mathematics at Heidelberg, where he received his habilitation in July, 1959. In June 1961 he was appointed to the newly created professorship of applied and practical mathematics at the same institute. In 1966 he became professor of applied mathematics at

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

Selected publications

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References

External links

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1926 births 1974 deaths German mathematical physicists 20th-century German mathematicians University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of Heidelberg University {{Germany-mathematician-stub