Curt Meyer

For those of a similar name, see Kurt Meyer (disambiguation).

Curt Meyer (19 November 1919 – 18 April 2011) was a German mathematician. He made notable contributions to number theory.

Curt Meyer
Born	(1919-11-19)19 November 1919 Bremerhaven, Germany
Died	18 April 2011(2011-04-18) (aged 91) Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Humboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Cologne
Doctoral advisor	Helmut Hasse
Doctoral students	Christopher Deninger

A native of Bremerhaven, Meyer obtained his doctorate from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1950, under supervision of Helmut Hasse. In 1966 he became professor of mathematics at the University of Cologne, a position he held until 1985.

Among his most important results is an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.^[1]

Books by Meyer

• Die Berechnung der Klassenzahl abelscher Körper über quadratischen Zahlkörpern. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. 1957.^[2]
• Zur Theorie und Praxis der elliptischen Einheiten. Saarbrücken: Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität des Saarlandes. 1995.