Guide to the Charles Loewner Papers

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Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Stanford, California

2008

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Overview

Call Number: SC0104

Creator: Charles Loewner

Title: Charles Loewner papers

Dates: 1919-1990

Physical Description: 4.5 Linear feet

Physical Description:

Summary: Professional records include lecture notes, course material, manuscripts, research notes, writings; personal papers include academic records, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and publishing contracts created and maintained by Charles Loewner, a world-renowned mathematician and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University from 1951-1968.

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Provenance

Administrative transfer, Mathematics Library, 1972; Gift of Marian Tracy, 2007.

Information about Access

Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.

Ownership & Copyright

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Cite As

[Identification of item], Charles Loewner papers, SC 104. Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Biography / Administrative History

Professor Emeritus Charles Loewner was born on May 29, 1893, in the village of Lany, near Prague, which was at the time the capital of Bohemia. Loewner received his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Prague University. From 1922-1928 he taught at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. Following a brief lectureship at Cologne, he was appointed to a chair in Mathematics at the German Charles University in Prague. The occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 prompted his emigration to the United States. He taught at Louisville, Brown, and Syracuse University prior to his appointment in 1951 as Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, where he specialized in complex analysis and differential geometry. Loewner remained at Stanford University until his death in 1968.

Scope and Content of Collection

The first seven boxes of this collection consist largely of Loewner's lectures notes, 1923-1956, with some exams and class projects; manuscripts and typescripts of articles, 1919-62, including his 1933 thesis; and research notes and writings. Subjects of his writings and research include differential equations, matrices, and semigroups. Other items include several articles by other mathematicians on Loewner's work, note cards, and a small amount of correspondence.

Accession 2007-257 consists of Loewner's personal papers, which are comprised of correspondence pertaining to his emigration to the United States during World War II, his wartime employment search, and attempts to determine the whereabouts of his family remaining in Europe. This accession also contains Loewner's personal academic records, and correspondence to and from colleagues at the many academic institutions where Loewner taught including the University of Louisville, Brown University, Syracuse University, and Stanford University. Other items include photographs, publishing contracts, memorial tributes to Loewner and his wife Elizabeth, and news clippings about the Loewner family.

Access Terms

Loewner, Charles, 1893-1968.

Stanford University. Department of Mathematics. Faculty.

Differential equations.

Mathematics--Study and teaching.

Matrices.

Semigroups.

Series 1 Original Accession

Physical Description: 7 box(es)

Physical Description:

Class Materials

Box 1, Folder 1

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes (in German), 1923

Box 1, Folder 2

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes (in German), 1930

Box 1, Folder 3

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes (in German), 1934

Box 1, Folder 4

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1946

Box 1, Folder 5

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1948

Box 1, Folder 6

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1950

Box 1, Folder 7

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1951

Box 1, Folder 8

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1952

Box 1, Folder 9

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1953

Box 1, Folder 10

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1955

Box 1, Folder 11

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1958-1959

Box 1, Folder 12

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1960

Box 1, Folder 13

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1961

Box 2, Folder 1

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1962-1964

Box 2, Folder 2

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1965

Box 2, Folder 3

Notebook, mathematics lecture notes, 1966

Box 2, Folder 8

Mathematics lecture notes, Math 212, 1955-1956

Box 2, Folder 9

Mathematics examination programs, miscellaneous classes, 1957-1958

Box 2, Folder 47

Notebooks, mathematics lecture notes, undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Problem seminar, notes and student work, circa 1953-1962

Box 3, Folder 2

Notes for seminar on order properties in mathematics, 1954-1955

Box 3, Folder 3

Exams, miscellaneous, 1957-1958 and undated

Box 3, Folder 4

Class project, "Continuous Groups," undated

Box 3, Folder 5

Class project, Math 220 A,B pages 1-93, undated

Box 3, Folder 6

Class project, Math 220 A,B pages 94-201, undated

Box 3, Folder 7

Class project, Math 220 A,B pages 202-end, undated

Box 3, Folder 8

Notes on complex variables (not in Loewner's hand but possibly from his lectures), undated

Correspondence

Box 3, Folder 9

Mitchell, Josephine, 1967

Box 3, Folder 10

Pick, George (in German), 1936

Box 3, Folder 11

Miscellaneous, undated

Manuscripts and Typescripts by Loewner

Box 3, Folder 12

"Approximation on a real interval by polynomials with restricted zeroes" (written with J. Korevaar), 1962

Box 3, Folder 13

Baecklund's transformation theory of partial differential equations and fluid flow, undated

Box 3, Folder 14

Baecklund's transformation theory of partial differential equations and fluid flow, undated

Box 3, Folder 15

"Conservation laws in compressible fluid flow and associated mappings," undated

Box 3, Folder 16

"Conservation laws of certain systems of partial differential equations and associated mappings," undated

Box 3, Folder 17

"Determination of the critical exponent of the Green's function," undated

Box 3, Folder 18

"Generation of solutions of systems of partial differential equations by composition of infinitesimal Baecklund transformations," circa 1952

Box 3, Folder 19

"A group theoretical characterization of some manifold structures," undated

Box 4, Folder 1

Integral operators, undated

Box 4, Folder 2

Introduction [semigroups and non-Euclidean geometry], undated

Box 4, Folder 3

"Monotonic and convex functions of higher order in arbitrary manifolds," undated

Box 4, Folder 4

Monotonic functions of arbitrary order, undated

Box 4, Folder 5

"On generation of solutions of the biharmonic equation in the plane by conformal mappings," undated

Box 4, Folder 6

"On generation of solutions of the biharmonic equation in the plane by conformal mappings," undated

Box 4, Folder 7

"On pairs of quadratic forms in Hilbert space," 1945

Box 4, Folder 8

"On some classes of functions associated with line congruences and partial differential equations of first order," undated

Box 4, Folder 9

"On some transformation semigroups," circa 1956

Box 4, Folder 10

"On the conformal capacity in space," undated

Box 4, Folder 11

Riemann surfaces of infinite genus, undated

Box 4, Folder 12

"Semigroup of Conformal Mappings" [mss], undated

Box 4, Folder 13

"Semigroup of Conformal Mappings" [tss], 1957

Box 4, Folder 14

Semigroups, undated

Box 4, Folder 15

Semigroups, undated

Box 4, Folder 16

Semigroups-miscellaneous pages and bibliography, undated

Box 4, Folder 17

Semigroups-incomplete papers and miscellany, undated

Box 4, Folder 18

"Some classes of functions defined by difference or differential inequalities," undated

Box 4, Folder 19

"Spektraltheorie linearer operatoren," Prag, pp. 1-100, 1933

Box 4, Folder 20

"Spektraltheorie linearer operatoren," Prag, pp. 101-200, 1933

Box 4, Folder 21

"Spektraltheorie linearer operatoren," Prag, pp. 201-300, 1933

Box 4, Folder 22

"Spektraltheorie linearer operatoren," Prag, pp. 301-395, 1933

Box 4, Folder 23

"Spektraltheorie linearer operatoren," Prag, miscellaneous pages, undated

Box 5, Folder 1

"A theorem on the partial order derived from a certain transformation semigroup," [with additional notes], 1959

Box 5, Folder 2

Transformation semigroups, undated

Box 5, Folder 3

"A Transformation theory of the partial differential equation of gas dynamics," undated

Box 5, Folder 4

"Ueber monotone Matrixfunktionen" [written in Prague], 1930s

Box 5, Folder 5

"Valueless vane diffusor with an arbitrary vane shape," undated

Box 5, Folder 6

Typescripts, incomplete, undated

Box 5, Folder 7

Typescripts, miscellaneous and fragmentary, undated

Lectures

Box 5, Folder 8

Comparison of European and American universities, undated

Box 5, Folder 9

Partial differential equations and fluid flow in a plane, circa 1953

Box 5, Folder 10

Monotonic functions, undated

Box 5, Folder 11

Miscellaneous lecture notes, undated

Research Notes and Writings by Loewner

Box 5, Folder 12

Notebook (in German), undated

Box 5, Folder 13

Miscellaneous notes (in German), undated

Box 5, Folder 14

Baecklund, undated

Box 5, Folder 15

B II, undated

Box 5, Folder 16

B. T. III, undated

Box 5, Folder 17

Capacity, undated

Box 5, Folder 18

Conservation laws, undated

Box 5, Folder 19

Conservation laws III, undated

Box 5, Folder 20

Distortion Tl, undated

Box 5, Folder 21

Moebius transformations, undated

Box 5, Folder 22

P.D.E., undated

Box 5, Folder 23

Partial d.e. in the r-s-t space, undated

Box 5, Folder 24

Positive matrices, undated

Box 5, Folder 25

Project research, undated

Box 5, Folder 26

Scalar function of matrices, undated

Box 5, Folder 27

Sequence of functions, undated

Box 5, Folder 28

S-group and convex domains, undated

Box 5, Folder 29

Semigroup theoretical considerations, undated

Box 6, Folder 1

Some semigroups of linear operators, undated

Box 6, Folder 2

Symmetrization of functions, undated

Box 6, Folder 3

Transformation semigroup, undated

Box 6, Folder 4

U.P. I, undated

Box 6, Folder 5

U.P. II, undated

Box 6, Folder 6

U.P. III, undated

Box 6, Folder 7

Viscous fluids, undated

Box 6, Folder 8

Unlabeled 1, Summer 1957

Box 6, Folder 9

Unlabeled 2, undated

Box 6, Folder 10

Unlabeled 3, undated

Box 6, Folder 11

Unlabeled 4, undated

Box 6, Folder 12

Unlabeled 5, undated

Box 6, Folder 13

Unlabeled 6, undated

Box 6, Folder 14

Unlabeled 7, undated

Box 6, Folder 15

Unlabeled 8, undated

Box 6, Folder 16

Unlabeled 9, undated

Box 6, Folder 17

Unlabeled 10, undated

Box 6, Folder 18

Unlabeled 11, undated

Box 6, Folder 19

Unlabeled 12, undated

Box 6, Folder 20

Unlabeled 13, undated

Box 6, Folder 21

Miscellaneous notes, undated

Box 6, Folder 22

Fragments, undated

Box 6, Folder 23

Proposals, undated

Box 6, Folder 24

Miscellaneous items, undated

Works by Others

Box 6, Folder 25

Donoghue, W. F. "The Theorems of Loewner and Pick" [tss], reprint, and correspondence, 1966

Box 6, Folder 26

Yanikowski, Y. "Methode algebrique et equation de Löwner" [tss], undated

Box 6, Folder 27

Reprints of articles about Loewner's work by Ch. Pommerenke, E. L. Whitney, Izydor Dziubinski, and M. Pinl, 1958-1967

Box 6, Folder 28

Duff, G. F. D. and R. A. Ross, "Indefinite Green's functions and elementary solutions" [tss] with letter to Loewner in German, possibly from a reviewer of this article, 1960

Box 6, Folder 29

Wigner, Eugene P. and Mutsuo M. Yanase, three articles, undated

Box 6, Folder 30

"Matrix differential equations," manuscript possibly by C. S. Ballantine, undated

Box 6, Folder 31

Notes on temperature distribution in a slab of two layers, possibly by G. R. Stibitz, undated

Box 6, Folder 32

German reprint, 1931

Miscellaneous Items

Box 7, Folder 1

Loewner, "Der Lichtdruck," Prag, 10 January 1919

Box 7, Folder 2

Notebook of Hans Freudenthal (in German), undated

Box 7, Folder 3

Notes on bounds for the eigenvalue, not in Loewner's hand, undated

Box 7, Folder 4

Advanced Matric Theory, lectures by Charles Loewner, notes by C. S. Ballantine, 1957

Box 7, Folder Not Foldered

Notecards on mathematical problems, definitions, etc., undated

Accession ARCH-2007-257 Additional Material

Physical Description: 2 box(es)

Physical Description:

Box 1, Folder 1

Academic Records-Report Cards, 1905-1910

Box 1, Folder 2

Academic Records-Report Cards, 1911-1913

Box 1, Folder 3

Academic Records-Report Cards, 1914-1915

Box 1, Folder 4

Academic Records-Report Cards, 1916-1917, 1919

Box 1, Folder 5

Academic Records-Correspondence-Deutschen Technischen Hochschule & Karl Ferdinands-Universität (Prague), 1918, 1920-1922

Box 1, Folder 6

Academic Records-Correspondence-Deutsche Univerität (Prague), 1934-1935

Box 1, Folder 7

Personal Correspondence (Family), 1934, 1939-1940

Box 1, Folder 8

Personal Correspondence (Family), (folder 1 of 2), 1940

Box 1, Folder 9

Personal Correspondence (Family), (folder 2 of 2), 1940

Box 1, Folder 10

Personal Correspondence (Family), 1941

Box 1, Folder 11

Personal Correspondence (Family), 1942

Box 1, Folder 12

Personal Correspondence, 1939-1943

Box 1, Folder 13

Personal Correspondence, 1946-1948

Box 1, Folder 14

Personal Correspondence (Including correspondence to Loewner's family after his death), 1950s-1980s

Box 1, Folder 15

Family Records (Miscellaneous), 1937-1939

Box 1, Folder 16

Emigration to America-Correspondence, 1933-1939

Box 1, Folder 17

Emigration to America-Correspondence & Curriculum Vitae, 1939

Box 1, Folder 18

Emigration to America-Correspondence (Testimonial by L.L. Silverman) 1931-1939

Box 1, Folder 19

Emigration to America-Correspondence (Testimonial by J.E. Littlewood), 1939

Box 1, Folder 20

Emigration to America-Correspondence (Testimonial by Harald Bohr), 1939

Box 1, Folder 21

Emigration to America-Correspondence & Testimonials, 1939

Box 1, Folder 22

Emigration to America-Correspondence from Society For the Protection of Science and Learning, 1939

Box 1, Folder 23

Emigration to America-Correspondence, Telegrams, and Affidavits Concerning Loewner's Family's Whereabouts, 1939-1944

Box 1, Folder 24

Emigration to America-Travel to America and Transfer of Effects to Louisville, KY, 1940

Box 1, Folder 25

Correspondence from "Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, Inc.," 1940

Box 1, Folder 26

Employment Offers, 1939-1942

Box 1, Folder 27

Employment Search-Offers and Rejections, 1942-1950

Box 2, Folder 1

Correspondence-University of Louisville, 1941-1945

Box 2, Folder 2

Correspondence-William Marshall Bullit (Louisville), 1944-1956

Box 2, Folder 3

Correspondence-Brown University, 1940s

Box 2, Folder 4

Correspondence-Syracuse University (Professional), 1942-1951

Box 2, Folder 5

Correspondence-Syracuse University (Personal), 1941-1958

Box 2, Folder 6

Correspondence-Stanford University, 1950-1951

Box 2, Folder 7

Political Correspondence-Lee Lorch, 1949-1967

Box 2, Folder 8

Political Correspondence-Lee Lorch, 1950-1956

Box 2, Folder 9

Political Correspondence-William A. Pierce, 1958-1962

Box 2, Folder 10

Political Correspondence-Chandler Davis, 1967

Box 2, Folder 11

Correspondence-To/From Elizabeth Loewner, 1940-1944

Box 2, Folder 12

Correspondence-Miscellaneous, 1940-1958

Box 2, Folder 13

Publishing-Contracts & Correspondence, 1943-1969

Box 2, Folder 14

Publishing-Correspondence with M.I.T. Press, 1970, 1974-1975, 1990

Box 2, Folder 15

Publishing-Correspondence (Miscellaneous), 1979-1985

Box 2, Folder 16

Article Abstract by Loewner (Syracuse), 1947

Box 2, Folder 17

Miscellaneous Documents (Lists), undated

Box 2, Folder 18

Elizabeth Loewner's Death, 1956

Box 2, Folder 19

Charles Loewner's Death, 1968

Box 2, Folder 20

News Clippings, 1939-1964

Box 2, Folder 21

Concert Announcements-Elizabeth Loewner, undated & 1949

Box 2, Folder 22

Photographs, circa 1930s-1990s

Box 2, Folder 23

Articles, 1985-1986