Rolf Rannacher is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Rolf Rannacher as German mathematician and professor.
Rolf Rannacher was born at Leipzig in 1948. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at University of Bonn and Goethe University Frankfurt.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Heidelberg University.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Germany matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Held posts at Heidelberg University
- Fields: mathematics
