Peter M. Gruber

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]

Peter M. Gruber

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Gruber, P.M.; Lekkerkerker, C.G. (1987). Geometry of Numbers. Amsterdam: North-Holland.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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

Zong, Chuanming (2009). "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 31 (3): 25–31. doi:10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1. S2CID 122537208.
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.
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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[zong-1] Zong, Chuanming (2009). "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 31 (3): 25–31. doi:10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1. S2CID 122537208.

[auto-2] 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-11-04.

[3] "Peter M. Gruber – ein Nachruf". tuwien.ac.at. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[mg-4] Peter M. Gruber at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[5] "Peter M. Gruber". Austrian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2005-08-02.

[6] "Gruber, Peter Manfred". Russian Academy of Sciences.

[7] "Korrespondierende Mitglieder" (in German). Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

[8] "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1396. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

[9] "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1840. Retrieved 28 February 2013.