Karl-Heinrich Weise belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Karl-Heinrich Weise as German mathematician (1909-1990).
Karl-Heinrich Weise was born at Gera in 1909. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Jena and Leipzig University.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at Kiel University and University of Jena.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics and national socialism.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1978).
That the work was done from Germany matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Karl-Heinrich Weise died in 1990, aged 81. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany — 1978
- Held posts at Kiel University and University of Jena
- Fields: mathematics and national socialism
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