Wolfgang Walter

Wolfgang Ludwig Walter (May 2, 1927 – June 26, 2010) was a German mathematician, who specialized in the theory of differential equations. His textbook^[2] on ordinary differential equations became a standard graduate text on the subject at many institutions.

Biography

Wolfgang Walter was born in 1927 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg. His school studies were interrupted in 1943 when he was drafted into the army. He served as a soldier on the Eastern Front, was subsequently wounded and later interned as a prisoner of war by US troops. In 1946 after his release he completed his school education and in the years 1947-1952 studied mathematics and physics at the University of Tübingen, where he stayed on to study for his PhD. under Erich Kamke and Hellmuth Kneser, defending his thesis in 1956.^[3] In 1986-1992 Walter held the post of President of GAMM, the German society of applied mathematics and mechanics.^[4]

He died in Karlsruhe in 2010 at the age of 83.

Works

• Walter, Wolfgang (1998). Ordinary Differential Equations. Springer. ISBN 978-0387984599. 
• Walter, Wolfgang (2012). Differential and Integral Inequalities. Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1970 edition. ISBN 978-3642864070. 

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