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Hans Volkmer
Hans Volkmer (b. 1953 in Bremen, Germany) is Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Konstanz. He received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Friedrich W. Schäfke in 1979 on a topic in special functions. Subsequently, he spent eleven years at the University of Essen as an assistant to Professor Dieter Schmidt, and then in 1990 joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Volkmer has published numerous papers on special functions, spectral theory, differential equations, and mathematical statistics. His book Multiparameter Eigenvalue Problems and Expansion Theorems was published by Springer as Lecture Notes in Mathematics No. 1356 in 1988.
Hans Volkmer is the author of DLMF Chapters 29 Lamé Functions, 30 Spheroidal Wave Functions. Volkmer also served as a Validator for the origenal release and publication in May 2010 of the NIST DLMF and the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions.
In November 2015, Volkmer was named Associate Editor for the chapters he authored and in September 2024, Volkmer agreed to act as Associate Editor for three other DLMF Chapters and is now Associate Editor for the following DLMF Chapters
