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Heinrich Dörrie (1873 - 1955) was a German mathematics teacher and author.
He is best known for his book 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics, in which the author provides complete solutions to one hundred historical problems utilizing only elementary mathematics.
Biography
[edit]After graduating high school in 1895 from the Leibniz School in Hanover, Dörrie studied mathematics, physics, geography, English and French at the University of Göttingen and Leipzig University with the aim of becoming a teacher. In 1898 he received his doctorate under the supervision of David Hilbert.[1]
Dörrie was a probationary teacher at the Royal High School in Fulda from 1902 - 1903 and then a senior teacher at a secondary school in Biedenkopf[2][3]. From 1908 to 1942, he was a teacher at a secondary school in Wiesbaden.
Publications
[edit]- 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics, Dover Publications, New York 1965, ISBN 0-486-61348-8 (English translation by David Antin; ZbMath Open Entry)
See Also
[edit]- Heinrich Dörrie in the ZbMATH Open database
References
[edit]- ^ "Heinrich Dörrie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
- ^ Königliches Gymnasium zu Fulda (PDF). 1905. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013.
- ^ Das Gesetz von Biot und Savart und die cyklische Konstante. 1906.