Gerd Baron

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Gerd Baron at the award ceremony of the ÖMO 2005

Gerd Baron (born October 1940 in Austria ; † 30 May 2019 ) was an Austrian mathematician . He was a professor at the Technical University of Vienna and for decades the scientific director of the Austrian Mathematical Olympiad (ÖMO).

Work for the ÖMO

Gerd Baron headed the ÖMO until 2014. He put together all the tasks of the regional and national competitions (BW1 and BW2) himself and was chairman of the jury and scientific director. He also led the Austrian preparatory course for the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The scientific management was handed over to Clemens Heuberger; the competition tasks will henceforth be selected from submissions by a jury, similar to the IMO.

Outside of his activities for the ÖMO, he was a professor at the Vienna University of Technology, but sometimes also ran a mathematics tutorial. He also designed math problems for magazines such as Spectrum of Science .

In the winter semester of 2005, he ended his career as a professor at the Vienna University of Technology and retired.

Gerd Baron died in May 2019 at the age of 79.

Publications

Gerd Baron is one of the authors of the three-volume work Introduction to Mathematics for Computer Scientists, which was published by Springer-Verlag.

  • Gerd Baron, Peter Kirschenhofer: Introduction to Mathematics for Computer Scientists . tape 1 . Springer-Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-211-82397-2 .
  • Gerd Baron, Peter Kirschenhofer: Introduction to Mathematics for Computer Scientists . tape 2 . Springer-Verlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 978-3-211-82748-2 .
  • Gerd Baron, Peter Kirschenhofer: Introduction to Mathematics for Computer Scientists . tape 3 . Springer-Verlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 978-3-211-82797-0 .

He published together with Andrzej Schinzel on an extension of Wilson's theorem , which earned him the Erdős number 2:

  • Andrzej Schinzel, Gerd Baron: An extension of Wilson's theorem . In: CR Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada . tape 1 , no. 2 , 1979, ISSN  0706-1994 , pp. 115-118 .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Clemens Heuberger: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerd Baron, 1940–2019. In: oemo.at. Austrian Mathematical Olympiad, June 1, 2019, accessed on June 1, 2019 .
  2. ^ Jerrold Wayne Grossman: List of the co-authors of the co-authors of Paul Erdős. files.oakland.edu, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ BMB: Federal Minister Hammerschmid presented high state awards. In: OTS.at. Originaltext-Service GmbH, March 10, 2017, accessed on June 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Baron, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mathematician and scientific director of the Austrian Mathematical Olympiad
DATE OF BIRTH October 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Austria
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2019