Peter M. Gruber
Austrian mathematician
Peter Manfred Gruber (28 August 1941, Klagenfurt – 7 March 2017, Vienna ) was an Austrian mathematician working in geometric number theory [1] as well as in convex and discrete geometry. [2] [3]
Biography
Gruber obtained his PhD at the University of Vienna in 1966, under the supervision of Nikolaus Hofreiter . [4] From 1971, he was Professor at the University of Linz , and from 1976, at the TU Wien . [1] He was a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , [1] [5] a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, [1] [6] and a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities . [1] [7]
His past doctoral students include Monika Ludwig . [4]
Selected publications
- Gruber, P.M. (2007). Convex and Discrete Geometry . Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
- Gruber, P.M.; Lekkerkerker, C.G. (1987). Geometry of Numbers . Amsterdam: North-Holland.
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 [8]
- 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 [9]
- 2013: Fellow of the American Mathematical Society , for "contributions to the geometry of numbers and to convex and discrete geometry". [2]
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 Zong, Chuanming (2009). "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The Mathematical Intelligencer . 31 (3): 25–31. doi : 10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1 . S2CID 122537208 .
- 1 2 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS , American Mathematical Society , retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ↑ "Peter M. Gruber – ein Nachruf" . tuwien.ac.at . Retrieved 14 March 2017 .
- 1 2 Peter M. Gruber at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Peter M. Gruber" . Austrian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2005-08-02.
- ↑ "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 .
- ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1840 . Retrieved 28 February 2013 .
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