Fritz Gassmann
Swiss mathematician and geophysicist (1899–1990)
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Fritz Gassmann | |
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| Born | 1899 |
| Died | 1990 (aged 90–91) |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Known for | Gassmann triple, Gassmann's equation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Geophysics |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich |
| Doctoral advisor | George Pólya, Hermann Weyl |
Fritz Gassmann (1899–1990) was a Swiss mathematician and geophysicist.
Life
His Ph.D. advisors at ETH Zurich were George Pólya and Hermann Weyl. He was a geophysics professor at the ETH Zurich.
Legacy
Gassmann is the eponym for the Gassmann triple and Gassmann's equation.
Selected publications
- Gassmann, Fritz (1951). Über die Elastizität poröser Medien. Viertel. Naturforsch. Ges. Zürich, 96, 1 – 23. (English translation available as pdf here).
- Gassmann, Fritz (1951). "Elastic waves through a packing of spheres". Geophysics. 16 (4): 673–685. Bibcode:1951Geop...16..673G. doi:10.1190/1.1437718.
- Gassmann, Fritz (1926), "Bemerkungen zur vorstehenden Arbeit von Hurwitz (Über Beziehungen zwischen den Primidealen eines algebraischen Körpers und den Substitutionen seiner Gruppe)", Mathematische Zeitschrift, 25, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg: 665–675, doi:10.1007/BF01283860, ISSN 0025-5874, S2CID 119971823
References
- Fritz Gassmann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Gerald L. Alexanderson, "The Random Walks of George Pólya". Mathematical Association of America, 1999. 303pp. ISBN 0-88385-528-3.
External links
- ETH Zurich Webpage
- 1951 Photo
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