MATHEMATICIAN

Oswald Teichmüller

1913 - 1943

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Paul Julius Oswald Teichmüller (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈtaɪçmʏlɐ]; 18 June 1913 – 11 September 1943) was a German mathematician. He made contributions to complex analysis, including the introduction of quasiconformal mappings and differential geometric methods into the study of Riemann surfaces. The Teichmüller space is named after him, as is the Teichmüller character and the Teichmüller cocycle. Born in Nordhausen, Teichmüller attended the University of Göttingen, where he graduated in 1935 under the supervision of Helmut Hasse. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Teichmüller is the 795th most popular mathematician (down from 730th in 2024), the 4,850th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,518th in 2019) and the 90th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Oswald Teichmüller ranks 795 out of 1,004. Before him are Dmitry Grave, Vladimir Voevodsky, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Rudy Rucker, Maryna Viazovska, and Alicia Boole Stott. After him are Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Demetrios Christodoulou, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Paul du Bois-Reymond, Javier Perez-Capdevila, and Cesare Burali-Forti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Oswald Teichmüller ranks 285. Before him are Giovanni Valetti, Rudolf Harbig, Nikolay Latyshev, Joe Kelly, Masaji Kiyokawa, and Aleksanteri Saarvala. After him are Cordwainer Smith, Mary Martin, Tony Zale, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Ted Grant, and Severino Varela. Among people deceased in 1943, Oswald Teichmüller ranks 193. Before him are W. W. Jacobs, Charles Tate Regan, Akilles Järvinen, Gisela Januszewska, Alice Tegnér, and Wilhelm Geiger. After him are Robert W. Paul, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Betty Nansen, Rupert Julian, Oskar Messter, and George Underwood.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oswald Teichmüller ranks 4,853 out of 7,253. Before him are Henning von Holtzendorff (1853), Gerhard Lamprecht (1897), Lya Lys (1908), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Carl H. Eigenmann (1863), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887). After him are Hermann Oldenberg (1854), Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941), Walter Behrendt (1914), Serge Gnabry (1995), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), and Edgar Reinhardt (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Oswald Teichmüller ranks 90. Before him are Wilhelm Killing (1847), Leonard Nelson (1882), Carl Hindenburg (1741), Johann Faulhaber (1580), Christoph Gudermann (1798), and Wendelin Werner (1968). After him are Paul du Bois-Reymond (1831), Hans Rademacher (1892), Friedrich Engel (1861), Oskar Perron (1880), Erich Kähler (1906), and Wolfgang Krull (1899).

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