Differential Geometry: From Elastic Curves to Willmore Surfaces

Ulrich Pinkall was born in 1955. In 1979 he graduated in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Freiburg, where in 1981 he also got his PhD in Mathematics. From 1984 to 1986 he worked at the MPI für Mathematik in Bonn. From 1986 to 2023 he taught Mathematics at the Technical University of Berlin. From 1995 to 1996 he was Five College Professor in Amherst. From 1992 to 2002 he was head of the Sonderforschungsbereich Differential Geometry and Quantum Physics.

Oliver Gross received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mathematics at TU Berlin in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Currently he is a researcher in the collaborative research center SFB TRR 109 "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics" at TU Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Ulrich Pinkall.

Ulrich Pinkall於1955年出生。1979年，他在弗賴堡大學獲得數學和物理學學士學位，並於1981年獲得數學博士學位。從1984年到1986年，他在波恩的MPI für Mathematik工作。從1986年到2023年，他在柏林工業大學教授數學。從1995年到1996年，他在阿默斯特擔任五學院教授。從1992年到2002年，他擔任特殊研究領域微分幾何和量子物理的負責人。

Oliver Gross於2019年和2020年分別在柏林工業大學獲得數學學士和碩士學位。目前，他是柏林工業大學合作研究中心SFB TRR 109“幾何和動力學的離散化”下的研究員，由Ulrich Pinkall教授指導。