Thomas Ihringer

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Thomas Ihringer (born November 30, 1953 in Darmstadt ; † August 8, 2015 there ) was a German mathematician and professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt .

Ihringer studied mathematics and business administration from 1972 to 1979 and then worked as a research assistant. In 1982 he received his doctorate with a thesis entitled On linear congruence class geometries by Rudolf Wille at the TH-Darmstadt . His habilitation followed in 1987 also at the TH Darmstadt. In the same year he took up a substitute professorship at the University of Kaiserslautern . In 1990 he became a guest lecturer at the Brandenburg State University in Potsdam . Since 1996 he has been a professor at the TU Darmstadt.

Ihringer worked in the field of general / universal algebra and discrete mathematics , in particular he dealt with the connections of geometry and algebra, quasi-groups, function and relation algebras, ordered sets, and finite geometric structures. He has the Erdős number 2.

Thomas Ihringer died after a long illness on the night of August 7th to 8th, 2015.

Fonts (selection)

  • Thomas Ihringer: General Algebra . In: Berlin study series on mathematics . tape 10 . Heldermann Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-88538-110-9 .
  • Thomas Ihringer: Discrete Mathematics: An Introduction to Theory and Applications . Heldermann Verlag, Lemgo 2002, ISBN 3-88538-109-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dr. Thomas Ihringer. (PDF) Darmstädter Echo, accessed on August 19, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Ihringer. Mathematics Genealogy Project, accessed August 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Alphabetical list of all professors. TU-Darmstadt, Department of Mathematics, Research Area Logic, accessed on August 12, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Ihringer, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2015
Place of death Darmstadt