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mathematician university professor

Peter Karl Henrici, Swiss mathematics educator. Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial Applied Mathematics, Gesellschaft angew. Mathematics Mechanics

Background

Henrici, Peter Karl was born on September 13, 1923 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Hermann and Erika (Muller) Henrici.

Education

Degree in Maturity Gymnasium, 1942. Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1948. Diploma in Mathematics, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1951.

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, 1953.

Career

After World World War II he transferred to Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich where he received a diploma in electrical engineering (1948) and a doctorate in mathematics with Eduard Stiefel as his advisor (1952). Moving to the United States of America

In 1951 he moved to the United States and worked on a joint contract with American University and the National Bureau of Standards. Then, from 1956 to 1962, he taught at University of California, Los Angeles where he became a professor

In 1962 he returned to Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich as a professor, a position he kept for the rest of his life, though he also held a part-time appointment as William R. Kenan, Junior.

Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1985. Numerical Analyst

An internationally recognized numerical analyst, who published 11 books and more than 80 research papers, Henrici was also a gifted pianist and a highly regarded teacher.

He was an editor of a number of scientific journals, including Numerische Mathematik and Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik. In 1962, he was a speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, and in 1978 he gave the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics John von Neumann Lecture.

Every four years since 1999, the is awarded by Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for "original contributions to applied analysis and numerical analysis and/or for exposition appropriate for applied mathematics and scientific computing".

Achievements

  • Peter Karl Henrici has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Society Industrial Applied Mathematics, Gesellschaft angew. Mathematics Mechanics

Interests

  • Music.

Connections

Married Eleonore Jacottet Henrici, 1951 (divorced 1972). Children: Christoph, Katherine. Married Marie Louise Kaufmann Henrici, March 1, 1973.

1 child Andreas.

Father:
Hermann Henrici

Mother:
Erika (Muller) Henrici

Spouse:
Eleonore Jacottet Henrici

Spouse:
Marie Louise Kaufmann Henrici

child:
Katherine Henrici

child:
Andreas Henrici

child:
Christoph Henrici