Of German descent, Schwarz's father, Ernst, was one of the 30,000 Jews seized during Kristallnacht. He was imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp until his wife, Elaine, managed to secure a visa to travel abroad. Upon his release from the camp, the couple fled to England where Gerald's older brother, Maurice, was born. In November 1939, Ernst, Elaine and Maurice arrived in the United States, eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.[1] Gerald was born seven years later. He spent his childhood in Portland, then moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend school.
Schwarz has written or co-authored over 60 journal articles in the field of mathematics.[4] In 1996, he was one of the founding editors of the journal Transformation Groups,[5] and continued as one of its Managing Editors until February 2000.[6] In 2012, he became a member of the inaugural class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society which recognizes mathematicians who have made significant contributions to the field.[7]
Honors
Poste Rouge, Centre National de Recherche Scientifiques (1996)
^Schwarz, Gerald W. "Invariant differential operators." In Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (Zürich, 1994), pp. 333–341. 1995.
