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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c d e Zong, Chuanming (2009). "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 31 (3): 25–31. doi:10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1. S2CID 122537208.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.