Rolf Schneider

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Rolf Schneider
Born
Rolf Georg Schneider

(1940-03-17) 17 March 1940 (age 84)
Hagen, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materJohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Known forConvex geometry, Stochastic geometry
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Freiburg
Doctoral advisorRuth Moufang

Rolf Georg Schneider (born 17 March 1940, Hagen, Germany)[1] is a mathematician. Schneider is a professor emeritus at the University of Freiburg. His main research interests are convex geometry and stochastic geometry.

Career[edit]

Schneider completed his PhD 1967 with Ruth Moufang at Goethe University Frankfurt with a thesis titled (Elliptisch gekrümmte Hyperflächen in der affinen Differentialgeometrie im Großen). In 1969, he got his Habilitation in Bochum. In 1970, he was appointed as a full professor at TU Berlin and in 1974 at the University of Freiburg.

He became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[2] in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of the University of Salzburg in the same year.[3]

Research[edit]

Rolf Schneider is known for his solution of Shephard's problem,[4] his books on stochastic and integral geometry,[5][6][7] and his comprehensive monography on the Brunn–Minkowski theory.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lebens- und Karrieredaten Kürschner Gelehrtenkalender 2009
  2. ^ "American Mathematical Society". Ams.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=41747&newsid=3569&s=1ef>
  4. ^ Schneider, Rolf (1967). "Zu einem Problem von Shephard über die Projektionen konvexer Körper". Math. Z. (in German). 101: 71–82. doi:10.1007/BF01135693. S2CID 120282582.
  5. ^ Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (1992). Integralgeometrie. Teubner. ISBN 3-519-02734-8.
  6. ^ Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (2000). Stochastische Geometrie. Stuttgart: Teubner. ISBN 3-519-02740-2.
  7. ^ Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (2008). Stochastic and Integral Geometry. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-78858-4.
  8. ^ Schneider, Rolf (1993). Convex Bodies: the Brunn-Minkowski Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35220-7.
  9. ^ Schneider, Rolf (2014). Convex Bodies: the Brunn-Minkowski Theory. Second expanded Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60101-7.
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