Peter M. Gruber

Short description: Austrian mathematician

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]

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Selected publications
* 3 Decorations and awards
* 4 Notes

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Zong, Chuanming (2009). "Geometry of Numbers in Vienna". The Mathematical Intelligencer 31 (3): 25-31. doi:10.1007/s00283-009-9042-1.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2014 Class of the Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-11-04.
3. ↑ "Peter M. Gruber – ein Nachruf". tuwien.ac.at. https://www.tuwien.ac.at/aktuelles/news_detail/article/124820/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Peter M. Gruber at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
5. ↑ "Peter M. Gruber". Austrian Academy of Sciences. http://www.oeaw.ac.at/oeaw_servlet/e_PersonenDetailsGeneric?id=10882.
6. ↑ "Gruber, Peter Manfred". Russian Academy of Sciences. http://www.ras.ru/win/db/show_per.asp?P=.id-53786.ln-en.
7. ↑ "Korrespondierende Mitglieder" (in German). Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. http://www.badw.de/mitglieder/k_mit/index.html#g.
8. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (in German). p. 1396. http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf.
9. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (in German). p. 1840. http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf.

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