Alexander Prestel
Alexander Prestel (born January 17, 1941 in Berchtesgaden ) is a German mathematician.
Prestel received his doctorate in 1966 under Karl-Bernhard Gundlach at the University of Münster (The elliptical fixed points of Hilbert's module groups). He completed his habilitation in 1972 at the University of Bonn , where he became scientific advisor and professor in 1973. From 1975 he was a full professor at the University of Konstanz .
He deals with Galois and valuation theory, model theory and real algebra and geometry.
Jochen Koenigsmann is one of his doctoral students .
Fonts (selection)
- with U. Friedrichsdorf: Set theory for mathematicians, Vieweg studies, basic course in mathematics, 1985
- Introduction to mathematical logic and model theory, Vieweg studies, basic course in mathematics, 1986
- Model Theory for the Real Algebraic Geometer, Universita di Pisa, 1998
- with Ch. N. Delzell: Positive Polynomials: From Hilbert's 17th Problem to Real Algebra, Springer Monographs in Mathematics, 2001
- with AJ Engler: Valued Fields, Springer Monographs in Mathematics, 2005
- with Ch. N. Delzell: Mathematical Logic and Model Theory, Springer Universitext, 2011
- Lectures on Formally Real fields, Monografias de Mathematica 22, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro 1975, 2nd edition in the series Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Volume 1093, Springer Verlag 1984
- with Peter Roquette : Lectures on Formally p-Adic Fields, Monografias de Matematica 38, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro 1983, and Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Volume 1050, Springer Verlag
- Non-Standard Analysis, in: Ebbinghaus u. a. Numbers, Springer 1983
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth dates of the Kürschner Scholar Calendar 2009
- ↑ Alexander Prestel in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ↑ Published in Mathematische Annalen, Volume 177, 1968, pp. 181–209
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Prestel, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berchtesgaden |