Walter Benz

Walter Benz (May 2, 1931 – January 13, 2017) was a German mathematician, an expert in geometry.Walter Benz : Traueranzeige   Benz was born in Mainz, Germany. He studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.

After a position at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, he served as a professor at the Universities of Bochum, Waterloo and Hamburg where he was professor emeritus. Benz was honoured with the degree of a Dr. h.c.

Inner product spaces over the real numbers were the basis of a 2007 book by Benz: Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts.W. Benz (2007) Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts: Geometry of Real Inner Product Spaces, Birkhäuser,


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 Personal web site
 Oberwolfach Photo Collection

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