Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski
British mathematician (1894-1964)
Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski FRS (24 September 1894 – 23 July 1964) was a German (later British) mathematician.
Life
Rogosinski was born into a Jewish family in Breslau, German Empire (now Wrocław, Poland). His father, Hermann Rogosinski was Counsel in Breslau. Rogosinski studied at Mary Magdalen School from 1900 until 1913. He attended the University of Breslau, University of Freiburg and University of Göttingen, with Edmund Landau. His studies were interrupted by World War I, in which Rogosinski served as a medic.
Rogosinski focused his studies on pure mathematics, physics and philosophy. His interest was analytical problems, especially in series. His dissertation, "New Application of Pfeiffer's method for Dirichlet's divisor problem", caused a stir in 1922.
Career
In 1923, he first went to Koenigsberg as a lecturer, and became an associate professor in 1928.
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