Roland Weitzenböck
Roland Weitzenböck | |
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Left to right: Diederik Korteweg, Roland Weitzenböck, Remmelt Sissingh, 1926 in Amsterdam | |
| Born | 26 May 1885 |
| Died | 24 July 1955 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Weitzenböck connection Weitzenböck's identity Weitzenböck's inequality Lichnerowicz–Weitzenböck formula |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Amsterdam |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Wirtinger Gustav Ritter von Escherich |
| Doctoral students | George Griss Max Euwe |
Roland Weitzenböck (26 May 1885 – 24 July 1955) was an Austrian mathematician working on differential geometry who introduced the Weitzenböck connection. He was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in 1923 at the initiative of Brouwer, after Hermann Weyl had turned down Brouwer’s offer.