Helmut Schwichtenberg (born 5 April 1942[2]) is a German mathematical logician.
Helmut Schwichtenberg | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Free University of Berlin, University of Münster |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Logic, Proof theory, Mathematics |
Institutions | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Thesis | A Classification of Multiple Recursive Functions |
Doctoral advisor | Dieter Rödding |
Schwichtenberg studied mathematics from 1961 at the Free University of Berlin and from 1964 at the University of Münster, where he received his doctorate in 1968 from Dieter Rödding.[2][3][4] He then worked as an assistant and then as a professor in Münster,[5] and since 1978 has been professor of mathematical logic at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich[2] (successor of Kurt Schütte).
Schwichtenberg deals with, among other things, proof theory, theory of computability, lambda calculus and applications of logic in computer science. He is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.[5]
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