Friedrich L. Bauer

"F. L. Bauer" redirects here. For the Austrian botanical illustrator, see Ferdinand Bauer.

Friedrich Ludwig Bauer
Born
Friedrich Ludwig Bauer

(1924-06-10)10 June 1924
Regensburg, Germany
Died26 March 2015(2015-03-26) (aged 90)
EducationLudwig-Maximilians-Universität
Known forStack (data structure)
Sequential Formula Translation
ALGOL
Software engineering
Bauer–Fike theorem
Children5
AwardsIron Cross 2nd Class,
Bundesverdienstkreuz 1st Class,
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1988)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Applied mathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Mainz
Technical University of Munich
Theses
  • Group-theoretic investigations of the theory of spin wave equations  (1952)
  • On quadratically convergent iteration methods for solving algebraic equations and eigenvalue problems  (1954)
Doctoral advisorsFritz Bopp, Georg Aumann
Doctoral studentsManfred Broy, David Gries, Josef Stoer, Peter Wynn, Christoph Zenger

Friedrich Ludwig "Fritz" Bauer (10 June 1924 – 26 March 2015) was a German pioneer of computer science and professor at the Technical University of Munich.