Rolf Schneider

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.

Rolf Schneider
Born
Rolf Georg Schneider

(1940-03-17) 17 March 1940
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

Career

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 und 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

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]

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References
  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.
  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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