Martin Kneser
Martin Kneser | |
|---|---|
 Martin Kneser, 1973 | |
| Born | 21 January 1928 |
| Died | 16 February 2004 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Göttingen Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Doctoral advisor | Erhard Schmidt |
| Doctoral students | Hans-Volker Niemeier Albrecht Pfister Ulrich Stuhler |
Martin Kneser (21 January 1928 – 16 February 2004) was a German mathematician. His father Hellmuth Kneser and grandfather Adolf Kneser were also mathematicians.
He obtained his PhD in 1950 from Humboldt University of Berlin with the dissertation: Über den Rand von Parallelkörpern. His advisor was Erhard Schmidt.
His name has been given to Kneser graphs which he studied in 1955. He also gave a simplified proof of the Fundamental theorem of algebra.
Kneser was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1962 at Stockholm.[1] His main publications were on quadratic forms and algebraic groups.
See also
- Approximation in algebraic groups
- Kneser–Tits conjecture
- Kneser's theorem (combinatorics)
- Kneser graphs
References
- ^ "Einfach zusammenhängende algebraische Gruppen in der Arithmetik by M. Kneser" (PDF). In: Proc. Int. Congr. Stockholm. 1962. pp. 260–263.
