Martin Aigner
Aigner in 2004
Born(1942-02-28)28 February 1942
Linz, Reichsgau Oberdonau, Germany
Died11 October 2023(2023-10-11) (aged 81)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
OccupationMathematician
EmployerFreie Universität Berlin

Martin Aigner (28 February 1942 – 11 October 2023) was an Austrian mathematician and professor at Freie Universität Berlin from 1974 with interests in combinatorial mathematics and graph theory.[1][2]

Biography

Martin Aigner was born on 28 February 1942. He received his Ph.D from the University of Vienna. His book Proofs from THE BOOK (co-written with Günter M. Ziegler) has been translated into 12 languages.[3]

Aigner died on 11 October 2023, at the age of 81.[4]

Awards

Aigner was a recipient of a 1996 Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America for his expository article Turán's Graph Theorem.[5] In 2018, Aigner received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (jointly with Günter M. Ziegler).[6]

Bibliography

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References

  1. ^ FU-berlin.de
  2. ^ Martin Aigner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Google Books
  4. ^ Wir trauern um Martin Aigner (in German)
  5. ^ Aigner, Martin (1995). "Turán's Graph Theorem". Amer. Math. Monthly. 102 (9): 808–16. doi:10.2307/2974509. JSTOR 2974509.
  6. ^ Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
  7. ^ Reviews:
  8. ^ Review: "Discrete Mathematics | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ Review: "Markov's Theorem and 100 Years of the Uniqueness Conjecture | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.


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