Herbert Grötzsch
Herbert Grötzsch | |
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Herbert Grötzsch (right) on his 86th birthday in Halle, with Horst Tietz | |
| Born | 21 May 1902 Döbeln, German Empire |
| Died | 15 May 1993 (aged 90) Halle, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig University of Jena |
| Known for | Grötzsch graph Grötzsch's theorem quasiconformal mapping |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Justus Liebig University Giessen Philipps University of Marburg Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| Academic advisors | Paul Koebe |
| Notable students | Horst Sachs |
Camillo Herbert Grötzsch (21 May 1902 – 15 May 1993) was a German mathematician known primarily for his work on complex analysis, specifically univalent functions and conformal mappings, and graph theory. He was the first to introduce the concept of a quasiconformal mapping. He was the discoverer and eponym of the Grötzsch graph, a triangle-free graph that requires four colors in any graph coloring, and Grötzsch's theorem, the result that every triangle-free planar graph requires at most three colors.