Eberhard Hermann Erich Zeidler[1] (6 October 1940 in Leipzig, Germany – 18 November 2016 ibid) was a German mathematician, who worked primarily in the field of non-linear functional analysis.
Life and work
After attending the Leipzig Humboldtschule [de][2] Eberhard Zeidler began studying mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1959. In 1961, he was exmatriculated because of critical statements, and was forced to work as a transport worker and absolve his military service in the East-German's NVA.[3] In 1964, he was allowed to continue his studies.[3] In 1967, he received his Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) with his work "Über eine Klasse nichtlinearer singulärer Randwertaufgaben der Funktionentheorie mit Symmetrieverhalten" under Herbert Beckert [de].
In 1970, he was appointed to habilitation and became a lecturer for analysis at the University of Leipzig.[3] From 1974 to 1996 he was full professor for analysis.
In the winter semester of 1979–1980, Eberhard Zeidler was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (USA).
From 1992 to 1996, he was head of the DFG research group on "Nichtlineare Funktionalanalysis und ihre Anwendungen" (Nonlinear functional analysis and its applications), and from 1992 to 2000 he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach.[2]
In 1996, Eberhard Zeidler became the first managing director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences when it was founded in Leipzig. In 2003, he gave up the management, but remained director. He retired in October 2007.
2005: International symposium of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Natural Sciences and the University of Leipzig on the occasion of the 65th birthday of Eberhard Zeidler[5]
Über eine Klasse nichtlinearer singulärer Randwertaufgaben der Funktionentheorie mit Symmetrieverhalten. Dissertation. Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, 1967.
Zur Theorie und Praxis einer Klasse freier Randwertprobleme der ebenen Hydrodynamik. Habilitationsschrift. Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, 1970. Als Festschrift Herrn Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Herbert Beckert zum 50. Geburtstag. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1971.
Vorlesungen über nichtlineare Funktionalanalysis. 3 Volumes. Teubner, Leipzig.
Applied Functional Analysis. Springer, New York, 1995.
Volume 1: Applications to Mathematical Physics. ISBN 0-387-94442-7.
Volume 2: Main Principles and Their Applications. ISBN 0-387-94422-2.
with Hans-Peter Gittel, Jerzy Kijowski: The relativistic dynamics of the combined particle field system in nonlinear renormalized electrodynamics. Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften Leipzig, Leipzig, 1997.
Quantum Field Theory. Springer, Berlin.
Volume 1: Basics in Mathematics and Physics. 2006, ISBN 3-540-34762-3.
Volume 2: Quantum Electrodynamics. 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-85376-3.
Volume 3: Gauge Theory. 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-22420-1.
^Daniel, Hans-Dieter; Hoepffner, Wolfgang; Illgner, Ursel; Schöberlein, Lore; Nieke, Christine; Lohse, Gerhard[in German] (2016-03-23) [2016-01-13, 2016-01-12, 2016-01-10, 2016-01-05, 2009]. von Hehl, Ulrich; Morgenstern, Ulf[in German] (eds.). "Zeidler, Eberhard"(PDF). Professoren der Universität Leipzig 1945 – 1993. AG "Multimediale Anwendungen der Computertechnik", University of Leipzig. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-01-17. (4 pages) (NB. This document contains a number of typos.)
^ abLohse, Heinz[in German]; et al. (2011). Die Humboldtschule im Wandel der Zeiten – Zur 100jährigen Geschichte eines Leipziger Gymnasiums [The Humboldt School through the ages - On the 100-year history of a Leipzig grammar school] (in German). Vol. Part 1: 1910–1960 (3rd, revised and extended ed.). Leipzig, Germany: Förderverein Humboldt-Gymnasium. p. 41. (174 pages)
Zeidler, Eberhard. In: Helmut Müller-Enbergs (ed.): "Wer war Wer in der DDR?: Ein Lexikon ostdeutscher Biographien." Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag [de], 2010, Vol. 2: M–Z, pp. 1467–1468.
Zeidler, Eberhard. In: "Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 1992" (16. ed.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1992 (16) Vol. 3: S–Z, p. 4195.
Zeidler, Eberhard. "Berufung von Professoren neuen Rechts an die Universität Leipzig mit Wirkung vom 1. Juni 1992". In: Journal der Universität Leipzig, Issue 4/1992, pp. 3–4.
Schulte, Volker. "Eberhard Zeidler zum 65. - Mathematik macht bescheiden." In: Journal Universität Leipzig, 6/2005, p. 28.
Girlich, Hans-Joachim; Schlote, Karl-Heinz: "Mathematik." In: Ulrich von Hehl, Uwe John, Manfred Rudersdorf (eds.): "Geschichte der Universität Leipzig 1409–2009", Vol. 4: "Fakultäten, Institute, Zentrale Einrichtungen" (2. half-volume). Leipzig: Universitätsverlag 2009, pp. 1073–1097.