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'''Peter Manfred Gruber''' (born 28 August 1941, [[Klagenfurt]], died 7 March 2017, [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian mathematician working in [[geometric number theory]]<ref name=zong>{{cite journal |work= The mathematical intelligencer |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=25–31 |doi= 10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1 |title= Geometry of Numbers in Vienna |first= Chuanming |last=Zong }}</ref> as well as convex and discrete geometry.<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/new-fellows 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS], [[American Mathematical Society]], retrieved 2013-11-04.</ref> |
'''Peter Manfred Gruber''' (born 28 August 1941, [[Klagenfurt]], died 7 March 2017, [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian mathematician working in [[geometric number theory]]<ref name=zong>{{cite journal |work= The mathematical intelligencer |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=25–31 |doi= 10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1 |title= Geometry of Numbers in Vienna |first= Chuanming |last=Zong }}</ref> as well as in convex and discrete geometry.<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/new-fellows 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS], [[American Mathematical Society]], retrieved 2013-11-04.</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
Revision as of 19:35, 8 March 2017
Peter Manfred Gruber (born 28 August 1941, Klagenfurt, died 7 March 2017, Vienna) was an Austrian mathematician working in geometric number theory[1] as well as in convex and discrete geometry.[2]
Biography
Gruber obtained his PhD at the University of Vienna in 1966, under the supervision of Nikolaus Hofreiter.[3] From 1971, he was Professor at the University of Linz, and from 1976, at the TU Wien.[1] He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences,[1][4] a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,[1][5] and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[1][6]
His past doctoral students include Monika Ludwig.[3]
Selected publications
- Gruber, P.M. (2007). Convex and Discrete Geometry. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
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Decorations and awards
- 1967: Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society
- 1978, 1980 and 1982: Chairman of the Austrian Mathematical Society
- 1991: Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Corresponding member since 1988)
- 1996: Medal of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
- 2001: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class[7]
- 2001: Medal of the mathematical and physical faculty of Charles University in Prague
- 2003: Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2008: Grand Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria[8]
- 2013: Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, for "contributions to the geometry of numbers and to convex and discrete geometry".[9]
- Honorary doctorates from the Universities of Siegen, Turin and Salzburg
- Member of the Academies of Sciences in Messina and Modena
- Corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Zong, Chuanming. "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The mathematical intelligencer. 31 (3): 25–31. doi:10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1.
- ^ 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ^ a b Peter M. Gruber at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Peter M. Gruber". Austrian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "Gruber, Peter Manfred". Russian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "Korrespondierende Mitglieder" (in German). Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1396. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- People from Klagenfurt
- Austrian mathematicians
- Geometers
- Number theorists
- University of Vienna alumni
- Johannes Kepler University Linz faculty
- Vienna University of Technology faculty
- Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society