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  2. Career and education

  3. Publications

  4. References

{{Infobox academic
| name = Eižens Leimanis
| native_name = Eižens Leimanis
| native_name_lang = Latvian
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|04|10}}
| birth_place = Koceni parish
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|12|04|1905|04|10}}
| nationality = Latvian
| other_names = Eugene
| occupation = Assistant Professor, Professor
| spouse = Zigrida Gipslis
| alma_mater = University of Latvia
| discipline = Mathematics
| workplaces = University Of Latvia, University Of British Columbia
}}

Eižens Leimanis (April 10, 1905 – December 4, 1992) was a Latvian mathematician who worked on the three-body problem.

He taught for many years at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

Personal information

Leimanis was born in Koceni parish, Valmiera county, Vidzeme province, Russian empire now Kocēni Parish in Latvia. Leimanis and his family went to exile in Germany at the end World War II. For more than half a century he lived in Germany and Canada, and as a professor of mathematics he also worked at the British Columbia University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He lived until the age of 87 and was survived by his wife and four children.

Career and education

Leimanis received a master's degree and First Prize in Mathematics at the University of Latvia.[1] He worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia where he delivered lectures in the courses such as theoretical mechanics, orbital theory, celestial mechanics, practical analysis and descriptive geometry.[2] He also taught at the University of British Columbia from 1949 until 1974.[3]

Leimanis's life and study centered around the three-body problem but he also had many publications related to the history of mathematics, philosophy, and religion.[4]

Publications

  • The General Problem of the Motion of Coupled Rigid Bodies about a Fixed Point. New York: Springer (1965)[5]

References

1. ^{{cite journal |last1=Sullivan III |first1=W. T. |title=Obituary: Eugene Leimanis, 1905-1992 |journal=Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=1498 |bibcode=1993BAAS...25.1498S |year=1993 }}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Eizens Leimanis, Donations, University of Latvia |url=https://www.biblioteka.lu.lv/home/e-resources/collections/donations/eizens-leimanis/ |website=University of Latvia |accessdate=25 December 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Eižens Leimanis Latvian Wikipedia Article |url=https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eižens_Leimanis |website=Latvian Wikipedia |accessdate=25 December 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web |last1=Taimina |first1=Daina |last2=Henina |first2=Ingrida |last3=Zograf |first3=Bohdan |title=Some Notes on Mathematics in Latvia Through the Centuries |url=http://pi.math.cornell.edu/~dtaimina/mathinLV/mathinlv.html |accessdate=25 December 2018}}
5. ^{{cite book |title=The General Problem of the Motion of Coupled Rigid Bodies about a Fixed Point |url=https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642884146 |website=Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy Free Preview |publisher=Springer |accessdate=25 December 2018|isbn=9783642884146 |year=1965 |series=Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy }}
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5 : 1905 births|1992 deaths|20th-century mathematicians|Latvian mathematicians|University of British Columbia faculty

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