Biography:Klaus Fischer (mathematician)

Short description: German-American mathematician

Klaus Fischer
Born	November 12, 1943 Zwickau, Germany
Died	July 2, 2009 (aged 65) Fairfax Station, Virginia, United States
Nationality	American, German
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Known for	algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, graph theory, and combinatorics
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	George Mason University
Doctoral advisor	Kenneth Roy Mount

Klaus Gunter Fischer (November 12, 1943 – July 2, 2009) was a German-American mathematician of Germany origin. He worked on a wide range of problems in algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, graph theory, and combinatorics.

Fischer was chair of the Mathematics Department at George Mason University at the time of his death.

References

• "Math Chair Klaus Fischer Dies". http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/14060. Retrieved March 23, 2010. 
• "Klaus Gunter Fischer". http://obit.fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome.com/obitdisplay.html?id=685794&clientid=fairfaxmemorialfuneralhome&listing=Found. Retrieved March 23, 2010. 

External links

• Klaus Fischer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project