Wladimir Seidel
Wladimir P. Seidel was a Russian-born German-American mathematician, and Doctor of Mathematics. He held a fellowship as a Benjamin Peirce Professor in Harvard University. During World War II, he was with the Montreal Theory group for the National Research Council of Canada.Life
He was born in Odessa, Russia on December 21, 1907.Career
He earned his Ph.D. from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München on a dissertation entitled Über die Ränderzuordnung bei konformen Abbildungen, advised by Constantin Carathéodory.
He joined the faculty of Mathematics at Harvard University, at University of Rochester, at The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, at University of Notre Dame, and at Wayne State University in Detroit.
During World War II, he was with the Montreal Theory group for the National Research Council of Canada.
The Seidel class is named after him.
He was married to Leah Lappin-Seidel.Publications
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