Fritz Schweiger

Fritz Schweiger (* 1942 in Vienna ) is an Austrian mathematician . From 1987 to 1989 he was rector of the University of Salzburg .

Life

Fritz Schweiger studied after graduation at the University of Vienna mathematics, where he in 1964 with a dissertation on the metric theory of Jacobi continued fractions at Edmund Hlawka and Nikolaus Hofreiter doctorate .

After completing his studies, he worked as an assistant at the University of Vienna and qualified as a professor in 1968 . In 1969 he was appointed full professor of mathematics at the University of Salzburg, where he was the successor of Joachim Dalfen in the academic years 1987/88 and 1988/89 and taught until his retirement in 2010. Theodor Wolfram Köhler succeeded him as rector in 1989 . In the years 1977–1979, 1985–1987 and 1999–2003, Schweiger also served as dean of the university's natural science faculty. His students include Ewald Gratz, Bernhard Schratzberger and Ron Sommer . In his scientific work, he deals, among other things, with the didactics of mathematics, number theory and mathematics in combination with linguistics.

On a voluntary basis, he was, among other things, chairman of the Catholic Educational Institute in Salzburg , president of the Association of Friends of the Mozarteum Orchestra and chairman of the Catholic Association of Academics .

Awards (selection)

• 1967: Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society
• 1968: Cardinal Innitzer Prize
• 1993: corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• 2003: Silver Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg
• 2015: Rupert and Virgil Order (also Order of Merit of Saints Rupert and Virgil ) of the Archdiocese of Salzburg - Order of Merit in large gold

Publications (selection)

• 1964: Geometric and elementary metric theorems about the Jacobian algorithm , Springer-Verlag, Vienna 1964
• 1973: The metrical theory of Jacobi-Perron algorithm , Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1973, ISBN 978-3-540-06388-9
• 1995: Ergodic Theory of Fibred Systems and Metric Number Theory , Clarendon Press 1995, ISBN 978-0-19-853488-4
• 1999: Mathematics and Language. To understand and use technical language in math classes. , together with Hermann Maier, series mathematics for school and practice. Published by Hans-Christian Reichel , ÖBV & HPT, Vienna 1999, ISBN 978-3-209-02797-9
• 1999: Die Fledermaus : the true story of an operetta , together with Oswald Panagl , Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1999, ISBN 978-3-205-99087-1
• 2000: Multidimensional Continued Fractions , Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-19-850686-7
• 2008: Mathematics as a cultural asset , in contributions to mathematics lessons 2008, 42nd annual meeting of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics from 13.3. until March 18, 2008 in Budapest , doi : 10.17877 / DE290R-11733
• 2009: Order: a fundamental idea , in contributions to mathematics lessons 2009, 43rd annual meeting of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics from 02.03. until March 6, 2009 in Oldenburg , doi : 10.17877 / DE290R-11637
• 2010: Fundamental ideas , writings on didactics of mathematics and computer science at the University of Salzburg, Volume 3, Shaker-Verlag, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8322-8973-7
• 2010: The algorithms of Poincaré, Brun and Selmer , in contributions to mathematics teaching 2010, 44th annual conference of the Society for Didactics of Mathematics from March 8th to 12th, 2010 in Munich , doi : 10.17877 / DE290R-13566
• 2016: Mathematics in the Expository Style , in Didactic Studies II: A Genetically Oriented Course in Probability Calculation , Shaker-Verlag, Aachen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8440-4276-4 B.

Web links

• Fritz Schweiger in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
• Fritz Schweiger: Selected Writings
• Entry on Fritz Schweiger in the Salzburgwiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Archbishop Franz Lackner awarded the Rupert and Virgil orders . Article dated December 3, 2015, accessed September 27, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Fritz Schweiger in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
3. ^ Academic Senate of the Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg . Retrieved July 8, 2018.
4. ^ University of Salzburg: Fritz Schweiger . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b} ÖAW members: Fritz Schweiger . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
6. ↑ ^{a b Decoration of} honor awarded by the state . Salzburg state correspondence of March 20, 2003, accessed on September 27, 2017.