Heinz Bauer
| Heinz Bauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 January 1928 Nuremberg, Germany | 
| Died | 15 August 2002 (aged 74) Erlangen, Germany | 
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | 
| Awards | Bavarian Order of Merit Fellow of the Leopoldina Chauvenet Prize (1980) | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics | 
| Institutions | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | 
| Academic advisors | Otto Haupt | 
| Doctoral students | Karl-Theodor Sturm | 
Heinz Bauer (31 January 1928 – 15 August 2002) was a German mathematician.
Bauer studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his PhD there in 1953 under the supervision of Otto Haupt and finished his habilitation in 1956, both for work with Otto Haupt. After a short time from 1961 to 1965 as professor at the University of Hamburg he stayed his whole career at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research focuses were potential theory, probability theory, and functional analysis.
Bauer received the Chauvenet Prize in 1980 and became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1986. Bauer died in Erlangen.