Wladimir Seidel

Wladimir P. Seidel ( born December 21, 1906 in Odessa, † January 12, 1981 in Detroit ) was a Russian -born American mathematician who worked on Analysis.

Seidel was born the son of a merchant and a teacher in Odessa, but in 1918 went to the U.S. and attended the New York School (Ethical Culture School ). He then studied at the University of Edinburgh, Harvard University ( William Fogg Osgood, Bachelor 1925) and from 1928 at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich, where he received his doctorate in 1930 at Constantin Caratheodory (over the edges allocation with conformal mappings ). In 1931 he returned to the United States, Peirce Instructor at Harvard was ( 1932-1933 ) and from 1941 to 1955 professor at the University of Rochester. During World War II he was technically involved in the nuclear reactor development in Montreal, Canada. 1952/53, he was at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 1955 he was professor at the University of Notre Dame and in 1963 at Wayne State University.

The Seidel- class of functions is named after him. His PhD is one of Dieter Gaier.