Rudolf Taschner

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Rudolf Taschner

Rudolf Taschner (born March 30, 1953 in Ternitz , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian mathematician , author and politician ( ÖVP ). From 2017 to 2019 he was a member of the Austrian National Council . Since January 9, 2020, he has been a member of the National Council again.

Life

Rudolf Taschner graduated at the high school of the Teresian Academy and studied at the Vienna University of mathematics and physics under Professor Edmund Hlawka , Johann Cigler and Peter Hertel, his doctorate there in 1976 sub auspiciis and has worked since 1977 at the Technical University of Vienna at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing .

In 1981 he received his habilitation at the Technical University of Vienna (habilitation thesis: Discrepancies between equally distributed consequences and functions ). Since 1997 he has been working there as an associate professor .

Taschner is committed to making mathematics accessible to the public and, together with his wife Bianca, created the math.space project , which opened in 2003 and closed at the end of 2017. With his popular science lectures and publications, he tried to bring his subject closer to people.

In 2004 he was named Scientist of the Year by Austrian science journalists . The press nicknamed him " Marcel Prawy of Mathematics". His book Arithmetic with God and the World was voted Favorite Book 2010. In 2010 he was awarded the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . He received the City of Vienna Prize for Popular Education for 2011. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Upper Austrian think tank Academia Superior , which was founded in December 2010 .

In the 2017 National Council election, Rudolf Taschner took the 7th place on the ÖVP's federal list as a free member and was sworn in as a member of the National Council on November 9, 2017 . After the National Council election in 2019 , he resigned from the National Council. Since January 9, 2020, he has been a member of the National Council again. He succeeded Karl Nehammer , who was Minister of the Interior in the Federal Government Kurz II .

Taschner is married and has a daughter and a son.

Political comments

From 2006 to 2017, Taschner regularly wrote comments in the cross-written section of the Austrian daily Die Presse , often on non-mathematical topics. He considers the fear of the possible consequences of global warming to be exaggerated and describes the fight against it as "climate change mania" and a "pseudo problem" speaks out against the central school- leaving exam in mathematics and holds a partial central school leaving examination (half of the tasks are created by the ministry , the other half from the class teacher) makes more sense. One could thus combine the basic computational skills with other goals of the lesson more coherently.

Taschner believes that Austria should withdraw from the PISA studies . For Taschner, the low average retirement age in Austria is “unparalleled madness.” In order to ensure stable funding for pensions, he calls for the retirement age to be raised to 70 years. In connection with the European Monetary Union , which according to Taschner was wrongly introduced , he calls for the willingness to take back what was wrong. He sees the extension of the legislative period from four to five years as more harmful than useful. Taschner is a regular author for the Axis of the Good blog .

Fonts

  • Problems of numerical analytical continuation . Vienna, Univ., Diss., 1975
  • Atomic models and quantum mechanics of the atom . Vienna, Univ., Hausarb. Physics, 1976
  • Differential geometry for geodesists . Manz, Vienna 1977, ISBN 3-214-00000-4
  • Discrepancies between equally distributed consequences and functions . Vienna, Techn. Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1981
  • Function theory . Manz, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-214-00015-2
  • Musil, Gödel, Wittgenstein and the infinite. Lecture in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library on May 7, 2002, Picus-Verlag, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85452-387-4
  • The numbers gigantic shadows. Mathematics in the sign of the times. Vieweg-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-528-03211-1
  • The infinite. Mathematicians struggle for a term. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-540-25797-7 , ISBN 978-3-540-29269-2
  • Number, time, chance - is it all an invention? Ecowin-Verlag, Salzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-902404-44-2
  • Calculating with God and the world. Consideration of everything plus one. Ecowin-Verlag, Salzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-902404-78-7
  • Justice wins - but only in the film . Ecowin Verlag, Salzburg 2011 ISBN 978-3-7110-0004-0
  • The number that came out of the cold: When math becomes an adventure . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-43683-1
  • The mathematics of existence. A brief history of game theory . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-446-44479-9
  • What to believe in: 10 offers for enlightened people . Brandstätter-Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7106-0063-0
  • The colors of the square numbers: a little guide to mathematical amazement . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-446-26451-9

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Taschner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Rudolf Taschner  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rudolf Taschner on the website of the Austrian Parliament
  2. ↑ Prof. Rudolf Taschner - BIOGRAPHY. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ http://permalink.obvsg.at/AC00317891
  4. ^ Personnel directory of the Vienna University of Technology
  5. ↑ Prof. Rudolf Taschner - BIOGRAPHY. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ TU ForMath - the Forum mathematics at the Vienna University of Technology . Article dated June 6, 2018, accessed June 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ derStandard.at: Vienna University of Technology starts "Forum Mathematik" . Article dated June 8, 2018, accessed June 8, 2018.
  8. ^ Mathematician Taschner is "Scientist 2004". In: ORF.at . January 17, 2005, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  9. ^ Answering a parliamentary question
  10. ^ Academia Superior - Society for Future Research - Scientific Advisory Board . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  11. ^ Mathematician Taschner competes for ÖVP. In: The press. August 8, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  12. ↑ New home for ministers, new mandataries, new speakers. In: The press . January 7, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 .
  13. ↑ R. Taschner: Believe in what. 10 offers for enlightened people. Vienna 2016. p. 8.
  14. ↑ Climate catastrophe canceled, but nobody wants to admit it. The press, October 28, 2015.
  15. ↑ Mathematikmatura - a statement. In: DiePresse.com. March 28, 2015, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  16. ↑ PISA fuss only obscures the essentials. The press, November 27, 2013.
  17. ↑ ". . . and if it was delicious, it was effort and work ” Die Presse, August 13, 2014.
  18. ↑ Retirement: Much more drastic measures are required. The press, October 12, 2011.
  19. ↑ Although nobody wants it, the EU could sink like Kakanien once did. The press September 18, 2013.
  20. ↑ They're Singing Again: The Sweet Songs of Unfulfillable Promises. The press, June 26, 2013.
  21. ^ Short profile and contributions by Rudolf Taschner on the axis of the good .
  22. ↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association
  23. ↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association
  24. ↑ Permalink Austrian Library Association
  25. ↑ Full text online , accessed on May 21, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Taschner, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian mathematician and member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Ternitz