Hermann Amandus Schwarz
1843 - 1921
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Schwarz worked on the conformal mapping of polyhedral surfaces onto the spherical surface and on a problem of the calculus of variation, namely surfaces of least area.
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| Honours awarded to Hermann Schwarz (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| LMS Honorary Member | 1892 |
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