Wolfgang Gröbner
Wolfgang Gröbner | |
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Gossensaß, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary | |
| Died | 20 August 1980 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Awards | Wilhelm Exner Medal (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Innsbruck |
| Doctoral advisor | Philipp Furtwängler |
| Doctoral students | Bruno Buchberger Gerhard Wanner |
Wolfgang Gröbner (11 February 1899 – 20 August 1980) was an
Alekseev-Gröbner formula
, which was actually proven by him.
Early life
Gröbner was born in
Austro-Hungarian Empire and is now part of Italy
.
Gröbner first studied engineering at the University of Technology in Graz, Austria, but switched in 1929 to mathematics.
Career
He wrote his dissertation Ein Beitrag zum Problem der Minimalbasen in 1932 at the
Phillip Furtwängler. After his promotion, he did further studies at the University of Göttingen under Emmy Noether, in what is now known as commutative algebra. Later he contributed with his students to numerical analysis of ordinary differential equations and the industrial applications of Lie-theoretic methods, including a book on Lie series.[1]
Awards
- Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1969.[2]
References
- ^ Gröbner, Wolfgang; Knapp, H. (1967). Contributions to the Method of Lie Series. Germany: BibliographischesInstitut.
- ^ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
- "Wolfgang Gröbner biography" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2011.
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