Biography:Peter M. Gruber

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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]

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

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