Detlef Gromoll

Detlef Gromoll (13 May 1938 – 31 May 2008) was a mathematician who worked in Differential geometry.

Detlef Gromoll
Born(1938-05-13)13 May 1938
Died31 May 2008(2008-05-31) (aged 70)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Known forSoul theorem, Splitting theorem and also as a coauthor of the book "Riemannsche Geometrie im Grossen".
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsSUNY Stony Brook
Doctoral advisorFriedrich Hirzebruch
Doctoral studentsGabriel Paternain
Guofang Wei

Biography

Gromoll was born in Berlin in 1938, and was a classically trained violinist. After living and attending school in Rosdorf and graduating from high school in Bonn, he obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Bonn in 1964. Following sojourns at several universities, he joined the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1969.

He married Suzan L. Lemay on 29 December 1971, and they had three children together: Hans Christian (also a mathematician), Heidi, and Stefan, a physicist & cofounder of Scientific Media.

See also

References

    • Gromoll, Detlef; Klingenberg, Wilhelm; Meyer, Wolfgang (1968). Riemannsche Geometrie im Grossen. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 55. Berlin-New York: Springer Verlag. MR 0229177.
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