What is Walter Benz?
[[File:Walter Benz.jpeg|thumb|Walter Benz in 1975<br>(photo from MFO)]] '''Walter Benz''' (May 2, 1931 – January 13, 2017) was a [[Germany|German]] [[mathematician]], an expert in [[geometry]].<ref>[http://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/walter-benz/48997763 Walter Benz : Traueranzeige] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215081538/http://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/walter-benz/48997763 |date=2019-12-15 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref> 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 [[Ruhr University Bochum|Bochum]], [[University of Waterloo|Waterloo]] and [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]] where he was [[professor emeritus]]. Benz was honoured with the degree of a [[Honorary degree|Dr. h.c.]] [[Inner product space]]s over the [[real number]]s were the basis of a 2007 book by Benz: ''Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts''.<ref>W. Benz (2007) ''Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts: Geometry of Real Inner Product Spaces'', [[Birkhäuser]], {{ISBN|978-3-7643-8541-5}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/benz/ Personal web site] * [http://owpdb.mfo.de/person_detail?id=304 Oberwolfach Photo Collection] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benz, Walter}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:German academics]] [[Category:German mathematicians]] [[Category:People from Mainz]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Waterloo]]