Edmund Hlawka













































Edmund Hlawka

Edmund Hlawka 2003.jpg

Born
(1916-11-05)November 5, 1916

Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria

Died February 19, 2009(2009-02-19) (aged 92)
Vienna

Residence Austria
Alma mater Universität Wien
Known for Minkowski–Hlawka theorem
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions
Universität Wien
Technische Universität Wien
Doctoral advisor Nikolaus Hofreiter
Doctoral students


  • Rainer Burkard

  • Wilfried Imrich

  • Walter Knödel

  • Hermann Maurer

  • Harald Niederreiter

  • Gert Sabidussi

  • Klaus Schmidt

  • Wolfgang M. Schmidt




Edmund Hlawka (November 5, 1916, Bruck an der Mur, Styria – February 19, 2009) was an Austrian mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Hlawka did most of his work at the Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting professor at Princeton University and the Sorbonne. Hlawka died on February 19, 2009 in Vienna.[1][2]


Hlawka studied at the University of Vienna from 1934 to 1938, when he gained his doctorate. Among his PhD students were Rainer Burkard, later to become president of the Austrian Society for Operations Research, graph theorist Gert Sabidussi, Cole Prize winner Wolfgang M. Schmidt, Walter Knödel who became one of the first German computer science professors, and Hermann Maurer, also a computer scientist. Through these and other students, Hlawka has nearly 1500 academic descendants.[3] Hlawka was awarded the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in 2007.



Honours and awards




  • Decoration for Science and Art (Austria, 1963)[4]

  • City of Vienna Prize for the Humanities (1969)


  • Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star (2007);[5] Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold (1987)[6]


  • Wilhelm Exner Medal (1982).[7]

  • Joseph Johann Ritter von Prechtl Medal (1989)

  • Erwin Schrödinger Prize



See also



  • Minkowski–Hlawka theorem

  • Koksma–Hlawka inequality


  • 10763 Hlawka, an asteroid named after Edmund Hlawka



References





  1. ^ Acclaimed Austrian mathematician Hlawka dies at 92


  2. ^ In memoriam Edmund Hlawka (1916–2009) (in German)


  3. ^ Edmund Hlawka at the Mathematics Genealogy Project


  4. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 147. Retrieved 16 November 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  5. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1779. Retrieved 16 November 2012.


  6. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 804. Retrieved 16 November 2012.


  7. ^ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.




  • Schmidt, Wolfgang M. (2009). "Edmund Hlawka (1916–2009)". Acta Arithmetica. 139: 303&ndash, 320. doi:10.4064/aa139-4-1.














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