Background
Benz, Walter was born on May 2, 1931 in Lahnstein, Germany. Son of Valentin and Sophie (Bernd) Benz.
Benz, Walter was born on May 2, 1931 in Lahnstein, Germany. Son of Valentin and Sophie (Bernd) Benz.
Master, U. Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, 1955, Doctor of Philosophy, 1956,Habilitation, 1959. Doctorate (honorary) U. Sofia, 1996. Docent, U. Mainz, 1959-1961.
Docent, professor of University Frankfort, Federal Republic Germany, 1961-1966.
Professor.math. U. Bochum, Federal Republic Germany, 1966-1969, 71-74. Professor mathematics, department chairman U. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1969-1971.
Professor mathematics U. Hamburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1974 visiting professor U. Waterloo, 1967-1968, U. Thessaloniki, U. Bologna and University Rome, many times, U. Kuwait, 1984.
After a position at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, he served as a professor at the Universities of Bochum, Waterloo and Hamburg where he is now professor emeritus. Benz was honoured with the degree of a Doctor honorary
Based on his book Vorlesungen über Geometrie der Algebren (Springer 1973), certain geometric objects are called Benz planes. Inner product spaces over the real numbers provide the basis of a 2007 book by Benz: Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts.
Member Deutsche Mathematics Verein (board directors 1966-1978), American Mathematics Society, Unione Mathematics Italy, Hamburg Mathematics Gesellschaft.
Married Christa Kornblum, 1956. Children: Christoph, Lore.
