Christian Krattenthaler

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Christian Krattenthaler

Christian Friedrich Krattenthaler (born October 8, 1958 in Vienna ) is an Austrian mathematician . He is professor of discrete mathematics with a focus on combinatorics and dean of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Vienna .

After receiving his PhD sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae at the University of Vienna in 1983 with Johann Cigler with the dissertation Lagrange formula and inverse relations , he worked at various universities, including the University of California, San Diego , the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley , and the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg and the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon before he was appointed professor at his home university.

His specialty are problems of counting combinatorics , such as those that occur in algebra , algebraic geometry or number theory , computer science or statistical physics .

In 1990 he won the Austrian Mathematical Society's advancement award . In 2005 he became a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . In 2007 he received the Wittgenstein Prize of the FWF . He has been a member of the Academia Europaea since 2011 . He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society .

Krattenthaler is also a trained concert pianist , but had to forego a relevant career because of a chronic inflammation of the hand.

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  1. ↑ a b Wittgenstein Prize Winner 2007 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Krattenthaler ( Memento from February 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Members of the OeAW: Christian Krattenthaler. Austrian Academy of Sciences, accessed on July 31, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Christian Krattenthaler receives “Austro Nobel Prize” ( Memento from November 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Press release from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Krattenthaler, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krattenthaler, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria