Background
Leichtweiss was born in Villingen-Schwenningen.
Leichtweiss was born in Villingen-Schwenningen.
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich.
In 1944, while still in high school he traveled to the Mathematical Institute where his mathematical interests were encouraged. He studied at the University of Freiburg and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich. He was a student of Emanuel Sperner and Wilhelm Süss.
He was then a lecturer in Freiburg and in 1963 became a professor at Technology Union Berlin.
From 1970 until his retirement in 1995, he was a professor at the University of Stuttgart.
