Friedrich Knop
Friedrich Knop (born January 26, 1958 in Hanover ) is a German mathematician and professor of algebra and geometry at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He mainly deals with algebraic groups and representation theory .
Knop graduated from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1982 as a graduate mathematician. In 1987 he received his doctorate with Hanspeter Kraft at the University of Basel with the thesis A new connection between simple groups and simple singularities . Three years later he also completed his habilitation in Basel. From 1992 he worked first as an associate professor and then, from 1995, as a full professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, USA. Since 2007 he has been a full professor of mathematics at FAU.
He has been a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences since 2018 .
Web links
- Friedrich Knop at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Knop at the Institute for Advanced Study, accessed on February 25, 2020
- ^ Friedrich Knop - The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Friedrich Knop , Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on February 25, 2020
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Knop, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |