Alexander Aigner

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Alexander Aigner (1970)

Alexander Aigner (born May 18, 1909 in Graz , † 1988 ibid) was a full professor of mathematics at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz.

Life

Alexander Aigner was the son of Oktavia Aigner-Rollett . He studied mathematics and physics in Graz (among others with Tonio Rella ), received his doctorate there in 1936 with Karl Brauner (mathematical treatment of the recluse game on the plane and in space) and was then assistant at the 2nd chair for mathematics at the Graz University of Technology ( today: Graz University of Technology ). In 1947 he completed his habilitation at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, where he received an assistant position with Georg Kantz, became an associate professor in 1957 and finally a full professor in 1969, until his retirement in 1979. His main subject was number theory. In addition to his professional activity, he also developed a writing activity. He was a member of the Styrian Writers' Union and the Styrian Home Poets Association. After two volumes of poetry, in 1978 he published a collection of cheerful mathematical poems with the title "Tangenten an den Frohsinn" as a special issue of the reports of the Mathematical-Statistical Section in the Graz Research Center.

During the Second World War he worked for OKW / Chi under Erich Hüttenhain in the deciphering of foreign encryption systems.

Poems (excerpt)

An excerpt from his poems

  • To the beginners
  • As you can easily see
  • Shouting to the circular squares
  • The square root
  • Praise of indivisibility
  • World in a waltz
  • The mistake
  • Mathematical Gstanzln
  • More mathematical items

Grave site

Alexander Aigner is buried in the family grave at the Graz central cemetery (field 10d III 1).

Works

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Speech by Prof. Franz Halter-Koch about Alexander Aigner: "Tonio Rella, who was referred to by Alexander Aigner as his most important academic teacher, was no longer in Graz at that time, and therefore the doctorate was not on a topic of number theory, but at Karl Brauner with a topic from combinatorial geometry. " In: News of the Austrian Mathematical Society, No. 181, August 1999, Vienna. Page 75.
  2. ↑ Alexander Aigner in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English) (this source obviously contains incorrect information) Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  3. ↑ Christos Triantafyllopoulos, Professor Wolfgang Franz and OKW / Chi's mathematical research department 2014
  4. ↑ http://imsc.uni-graz.at/pages/humor/tangenten.html
  5. ↑ Karin Derler / Ingrid Urbanek: Planning for Infinity - The Graz Central Cemetery; Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft mbH; 2002. ISBN 3-85489-086-9
personal data
SURNAME Aigner, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH 1988
Place of death Graz