Günter Asser
Günter Asser (born February 26, 1926 in Berlin ; † March 23, 2015 in Greifswald ) was a German mathematician , most recently professor emeritus for mathematics and logic at the University of Greifswald .
Life
Asser studied mathematics and physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1946 to 1951 , where he received his doctorate in 1954 . In 1958 he completed his habilitation there and in 1960 he became a professor in Greifswald.
He has edited numerous volumes on philosophers and mathematicians. His own research was in logic and the theory of computability . In 1954 he founded the "Journal for Mathematical Logic and Fundamentals of Mathematics" with Karl Schröter (since 1993 Mathematical Logic Quarterly ), was Managing Editor of this journal until 2004 and honorary editor from 2011 until his death. In 1975 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. Since 1977 he was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR .
Fonts
- Turing machines and Markov's algorithms. Journal of Mathematical Logic and Fundamentals of Mathematics, Vol. 5, 1959.
- Introduction to Mathematical Logic. Part I-III: Propositional calculus (I), first level predicate calculus (II), higher level predicate logic (III)
- editor
- About infinite, linear point manifolds. Works by Georg Cantor on set theory from the years 1872–1884. Among other things is included: Georg Cantor: About infinite, linear point manifolds (in 6 parts). In addition to photos / unpublished archives / bibliography and subject index, the volume contains newly written comments and notes by the editor. Teubner 1984 (partial edition in the same year by Springer).
- Work on analysis and mathematical logic. Works by Giuseppe Peano from the years 1887–1893. Teubner 1990 (partial edition in the same year by Springer).
- NI Kondakov : Dictionary of Logic . Edited by the German edition Erhard Albrecht , Günter Asser. Verlag das Europäische Buch, West Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-920303-80-6 (Verlag Enzyklopädie, Leipzig 1978)
- Magazines
- Mathematical Logic Quarterly , founded by G. Asser and K. Schröter in 1954 as "Journal for Mathematical Logic and Fundamentals of Mathematics"
literature
- Annette Vogt: Asser, Günter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Armin Hemmerling: Günter Asser (1926-2015) . In: Math. Logic Quart . tape 61 , 2015, p. 127-131 , doi : 10.1002 / malq.201539999 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Asser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Guenter Asser (1926-2015). gmane.org, March 26, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 1, 1975, p. 5.
- ^ Members of the previous academies. Günter Asser. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 17, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asser, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 2015 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |