Herbert Grötzsch
German mathematician (1902-1993) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 90
Camillo Herbert Grötzsch was a German mathematician known primarily for his work on complex analysis, specifically univalent functions and conformal mappings, and graph theory. He was the first to introduce the concept of a quasiconformal mapping.
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He was the discoverer and eponym of the Grötzsch graph, a triangle-free graph that requires four colors in any graph coloring, and Grötzsch's theorem, the result that every triangle-free planar graph requires at most three colors.
Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1993 · aged 90
