Necrology: Peter J. Roquette

 

Necrology:

Peter J. Roquette [Jaques]
(* 8 Oct. 1927 [Königsberg {Regiomontana}, Ostpreußen {East Prussia}, Germany] - † 24 Feb. 2023 [Heidelberg, Germany])

 

s. of Hermann Roquette (* 14 Aug. 1892 [Tilsit] - † 29 Dec. 1981 [Erlangen]), Advocatus/Rechtsanwalt.

Doctorate, Universität Hamburg (adviser: Helmut Hasse) (1951)

Professor of Mathematics, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg (1967-1996)

Helmut Hasse (* 25 Aug. 1898 [Kassel] - † 26 Dec. 1979 [Ahrensburg]), Heinrich-Wolfgang Leopoldt (* 22. Aug. 1927 [Schwerin] - † 28. Jul. 2011 [Unterlüß]) (ed.), Peter J. Roquette (ed.): `Mathematische Abhandlungen', 3 vols., de Gruyter, 1975. 

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