Jürgen Richter-Gebert

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Jürgen Richter-Gebert (2011)

Jürgen Richter-Gebert (born August 26, 1963 in Darmstadt ) is professor of mathematics at the Technical University of Munich .

Life

Richter-Gebert studied mathematics at the TU Darmstadt and obtained his doctorate in 1992 at both the TU Darmstadt and the KTH Stockholm (with Anders Björner ). After two years in industrial research and development laboratories, he moved to Günter M. Ziegler's group at the Technical University of Berlin in 1994, where he completed his habilitation in 1995. From 1997 to 2001 he was an assistant professor for theoretical computer science at the ETH Zurich . In 2001 he was appointed full professor for geometry and visualization at the Technical University of Munich .

The research focus of Richter-Gebert lies in the area of ​​combinatorial, dynamic and computer-oriented geometry. In addition to work in the field of polytop theory, he is particularly interested in the “computer-compatible structuring of geometry”. In particular, he develops methods for the automatic generation of proofs of geometric theorems and works on the implementation of mathematical visualization programs .

In addition, Richter-Gebert is actively committed to communicating mathematics to a broader public. He is the founder and director of the ix-quadrat math exhibition at the Technical University of Munich, co-author of the math visualization program Cinderella (with Ulrich Kortenkamp ) and runs the Mathe-Vital internet portal. He is also significantly involved in the touring exhibition Imaginary .

Richter-Gebert is married and has one daughter.

Prices

  • 2000: European Academic Software Award (with the Cinderella program, together with Ulrich Kortenkamp)
  • 2001: German educational software award Digita 2001 (with the Cinderella program, together with Ulrich Kortenkamp)
  • 2008: MEDIDA-PRIX : tri-national media didactic university award (with the project Mathe-Vital)
  • 2010: Karl Max von Bauernfeind Medal from the Technical University of Munich
  • 2011: Ars legendi award for excellent university teaching
  • 2013: Gauss lecture

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laudation for digita 2001 ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.digita.de
  2. ↑ Press release on the Medida-Prix
  3. ^ Press release from the Technical University of Munich
  4. ↑ Press release from the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft on the Ars Legendi Prize ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stifterverband.info

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personal data
SURNAME Richter-Gebert, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt