A smart schoolmate invited each of our final class members to write about themselves. Using some short essays I enjoyed writing, I had gathered some material for such a booklet. Further sources are my music for flute and piano I have recorded together with pianist Thomas Turner, my completing of the flute sonata BWV 1032 of J.S.Bach, and fantasies about Plato, Mozart and Kafka. The description of professional growth, and the music playing which I have practiced with endurance during my entire life can motivate and benefit a broader audience. Franz Rothe graduated from high school in Karlsruhe and has studied mathematics, physics and music there. He has received his doctoral degreein mathematics from the university of Tuebingen, Germany. He received his doctoral degree in mathematics from the university of Tuebingen,Germany. For thirty years, Franz Rothe has been professor at the University of NorthCarolina at Charlotte, and has published about 40 articles and a lecturenotes in mathematics, and more recently further books on number theory,modern algebra, graph theory and geometry. Dr. Rothe is retired sinceseveral years, and is now emeritus professor. Meanwhile he has writtenbooks of general interest about music, literature, and his life, too.
