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Peter Henrici

Swiss mathematician1923 to 1987

Supervised 9 doctoral students at ETH Zurich; doctorate at ETH Zurich in 1953 under Eduard Stiefel and Albert Pfluger; Wikidata lists 39 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, OpenAlex, and 8 other registers.

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Advisors2

cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Eduard Stiefel“Zur Funktionentheorie der Wellengleichung”
1953 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Albert Pfluger“Zur Funktionentheorie der Wellengleichung”
1953 · ETH Zurich · doctoral

Students9

cited by a thesis record
Wolfgang Seewald “Die effiziente Lösung der Helmholtzgleichung auf dem Rechteck und der Kreisscheibe”
1985 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Paul Kleiner “Theorie und Anwendungen des analytischen Signals in der Nachrichtentechnik”
1983 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
François E. Cellier “Combined continuous/discrete system simulation by use of digital computers”
1979 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Johann Joss “Algorithmisches Differenzieren”
1976 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Anton Kühne “Ein Jacobi-Verfahren für normale Matrizen”
1974 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Walter Gander “Numerische Implementationen des Rombergschen Extrapolationsverfahren, mit Anwendungen auf die Summation unendlicher Reihen”
1973 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Martin Gutknecht “Ein Abstiegsverfahren für gleichmässige Approximation, mit Anwendungen”
1973 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis recordstated by Wikidata
Rolf Jeltsch “Numerische Berechnung einer Funktion aus einer höheren Ableitung”
1972 · ETH Zurich · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
William Perry Timlake “On the numerical solution of special second-order initial value problems”
1964 · ETH Zurich · doctoral

Students on Wikidata39

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

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Gilbert Strang
born 1934
stated by Wikidata
Paul Theophil Streckeisen
born 1934
stated by Wikidata
William B. Gragg
born 1936
stated by Wikidata
M. Stuart Lynn
born 1937
stated by Wikidata
Talaat Hilal
born 1938
stated by Wikidata
Pia Rosa Pfluger
born 1939
stated by Wikidata
Willy Kellenberger
born 1940
stated by Wikidata
Anton Kühne
born 1941
stated by Wikidata
Hermann Brunner
born 1941
stated by Wikidata
Ernst Häne
born 1942
stated by Wikidata
Armin Friedli
born 1943
stated by Wikidata
Gérard Philippin
born 1943
stated by Wikidata
Marie-Louise Henrici-Kaufmann
born 1943
stated by Wikidata
Hans-Peter Hoidn
born 1952
stated by Wikidata
Hans-Rudolf Denzler
born 1952
stated by Wikidata
Jean-Paul Berrut
born 1952
stated by Wikidata
Wolfgang Seewald
born 1956
stated by Wikidata
Manfred Trummer
born 1957
stated by Wikidata
Alejandro Amrein
stated by Wikidata
Andrea Mazzario
stated by Wikidata
C. Christiaan Abbas
stated by Wikidata
Christian Hoffmann
stated by Wikidata
Daniel-Henri Favarger
stated by Wikidata
David Dean Morrison
stated by Wikidata
Gunther Friedemann Schrack
stated by Wikidata
Heinrich Kunz
stated by Wikidata
Hubert Guillelmon
stated by Wikidata
Jakob Keller
stated by Wikidata
Johnnie William McLaurin
stated by Wikidata
Kaspar Nipp
stated by Wikidata
Katharina Zimmermann
stated by Wikidata
Martin Hermann Gutknecht
stated by Wikidata
Martin Reiser
stated by Wikidata
Paul Kleiner
stated by Wikidata
Peter Geiger
stated by Wikidata
Rita Jeltsch
stated by Wikidata
Stefan Rudolf Alfred Adam
stated by Wikidata
Werner Schnider
stated by Wikidata
William Perry Timlake

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
cited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataAlbert Pflugercited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataEduard Stiefel
2 steps up
cited by a thesis recordFerdinand Gonsethcited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataGeorge Pólyacited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataHeinz Hopfcited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataWalter Saxer
3 steps up
stated by WikidataErhard Schmidtcited by a thesis recordGottfried Trümplercited by a thesis recordJohn Eggertstated by WikidataLipót Fejércited by a thesis recordLouis Kollrosstated by WikidataLudwig Bieberbachcited by a thesis recordMarcel Grossmanncited by a thesis recordstated by WikidataMichel Plancherel
4 steps up
stated by WikidataDavid Hilbertcited by a thesis recordEmil Baurstated by WikidataFelix Kleincited by a thesis recordFrederick P. Treadwellstated by WikidataHermann Schwarzstated by WikidataMathias Lerch

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 311 people: 52 cited by thesis records, 265 stated by Wikidata.

Theses1

cited by a thesis record
Zur Funktionentheorie der Wellengleichung
1953 · ETH Zurich · doctoral · in German · the thesis's own page ›
stated by Wikidata
Zur Funktionentheorie der Wellengleichung
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1942 to 1944
University of Basel
studied
1945 to 1952
ETH Zurich
studied
1951 to 1956
National Institute of Standards and Technology
worked
1951 to 1956
American University
worked
1956 to 1962
University of California, Los Angeles
worked
1962 to 1987
ETH Zurich
worked
1985 to 1987
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
worked

Works1

1953 · held from 1 repository · a work missing?

cited by ETH Research Collection's record
Zur Funktionentheorie der Wellengleichung
1953 · doctoral thesis · ETH Research Collection

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher
fields: numerical analysis, mathematics, function theory
member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
Wikipedia: in 9 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere10

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaPeter Henrici (mathematician)
stated by WikidataWikidataQ122414
stated by WikidataVIAF108729030
stated by WikidataGND104798947
stated by WikidataIdRef031925103
stated by WikidataISNI0000000114548323

papers

OpenAlexA5039080698a checked match
stated by WikidataDBLP38/2414
stated by WikidataScopus6506928540

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project13231

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Peter Henrici: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
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  note = {read on 2026-10-30}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 30). Peter Henrici: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-30]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q122414