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Ziegler was awarded one million [[Deutschmark]] {{Interlanguage link multi|Gerhard Hess Prize|de|3=Gerhard-Hess-Preis}} by the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]] (DFG) in 1994 and the 1.5 million Deutschmark [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize]], Germany's highest research honor, by the DFG in 2001.<ref name="NAMS01">{{citation|title=Mathematics People|journal=[[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]]|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200105/people.pdf|date=May 2001|pages=511–513}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dfg.de/gefoerderte_projekte/wissenschaftliche_preise/leibniz-preis/2001/index.html DFG web page listing Ziegler as the Leibniz prize recipient].</ref> He was awarded the 2005 [[Gauss Lectureship]] by the [[German Mathematical Society]]. In 2006 the [[Mathematical Association of America]] awarded Ziegler and Florian Pfender its highest honor for mathematical exposition, the [[Chauvenet Prize]], for their paper on [[kissing number]]s.<ref name="AMS06">[http://www.ams.org/ams/prizebooklet-2006.pdf January 2006 prizes and awards], [[American Mathematical Society]].</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Pfender|first1=Florian|last2=Ziegler|first2=Günter M.|title=Kissing numbers, sphere packings, and some unexpected proofs|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|date=September 2004|pages=873–883|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200408/fea-pfender.pdf}}.</ref>
Ziegler was awarded one million [[Deutschmark]] {{Interlanguage link multi|Gerhard Hess Prize|de|3=Gerhard-Hess-Preis}} by the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]] (DFG) in 1994 and the 1.5 million Deutschmark [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize]], Germany's highest research honor, by the DFG in 2001.<ref name="NAMS01">{{citation|title=Mathematics People|journal=[[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]]|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200105/people.pdf|date=May 2001|pages=511–513}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dfg.de/gefoerderte_projekte/wissenschaftliche_preise/leibniz-preis/2001/index.html DFG web page listing Ziegler as the Leibniz prize recipient].</ref> He was awarded the 2005 [[Gauss Lectureship]] by the [[German Mathematical Society]]. In 2006 the [[Mathematical Association of America]] awarded Ziegler and Florian Pfender its highest honor for mathematical exposition, the [[Chauvenet Prize]], for their paper on [[kissing number]]s.<ref name="AMS06">[http://www.ams.org/ams/prizebooklet-2006.pdf January 2006 prizes and awards], [[American Mathematical Society]].</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Pfender|first1=Florian|last2=Ziegler|first2=Günter M.|title=Kissing numbers, sphere packings, and some unexpected proofs|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|date=September 2004|pages=873–883|url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200408/fea-pfender.pdf}}.</ref>


In 2006 he became president for a two-year term of the [[German Mathematical Society]].<ref name="AMS06"/> In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> In 2013 Ziegler was granted the [[Hector Science Award]]<ref>[http://www.hector-fellow-academy.de/en/hector-fellows/hector-wissenschaftspreis/2013.html Hector Science Award ceremony]</ref> and became a member of the [[Hector Fellow Academy]].<ref>[http://www.hector-fellow-academy.de/en/veranstaltungen/gruendungszeremonie.html Founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy]</ref> Since July 2016 Ziegler is chair of the [[Berlin Mathematical School]].
In 2006 he became president for a two-year term of the [[German Mathematical Society]].<ref name="AMS06"/> In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-09-01.</ref> In 2013 Ziegler was granted the [[Hector Science Award]]<ref>[http://www.hector-fellow-academy.de/en/hector-fellows/hector-wissenschaftspreis/2013.html Hector Science Award ceremony]</ref> and became a member of the [[Hector Fellow Academy]].<ref>[http://www.hector-fellow-academy.de/en/veranstaltungen/gruendungszeremonie.html Founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119225618/http://www.hector-fellow-academy.de/en/veranstaltungen/gruendungszeremonie.html |date=2015-11-19 }}</ref> Since July 2016 Ziegler is chair of the [[Berlin Mathematical School]].


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==

Revision as of 00:37, 27 October 2017

Günter Matthias Ziegler
Günter M. Ziegler, 2006
Born (1963-05-19) 19 May 1963 (age 61)
Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forwork on polytopes, topological combinatorics
AwardsChauvenet Prize (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsFree University of Berlin
Doctoral advisorAnders Björner
Doctoral studentsKarim Adiprasito

Günter Matthias Ziegler (born 19 May 1963) is a German mathematician. Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the combinatorics of polytopes.

Biography

Ziegler studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1981 to 1984, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1987, under the supervision of Anders Björner. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Augsburg and the Mittag-Leffler Institute, he received his habilitation in 1992 from the Technical University of Berlin, which he joined as a professor in 1995.[1][2] Ziegler has since joined the faculty of the Free University of Berlin.

Awards and honors

Ziegler was awarded one million Deutschmark Gerhard Hess Prize [de] by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in 1994 and the 1.5 million Deutschmark Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's highest research honor, by the DFG in 2001.[1][3] He was awarded the 2005 Gauss Lectureship by the German Mathematical Society. In 2006 the Mathematical Association of America awarded Ziegler and Florian Pfender its highest honor for mathematical exposition, the Chauvenet Prize, for their paper on kissing numbers.[2][4]

In 2006 he became president for a two-year term of the German Mathematical Society.[2] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5] In 2013 Ziegler was granted the Hector Science Award[6] and became a member of the Hector Fellow Academy.[7] Since July 2016 Ziegler is chair of the Berlin Mathematical School.

Selected publications

  • Proofs from THE BOOK, Springer, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-540-63698-6
  • Ziegler, Günter M. (1995), Lectures on Polytopes, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 152, Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag.
  • Björner, Anders; Ziegler, Günter M. (1992). "8 Introduction to greedoids". In White, Neil (ed.). Matroid Applications. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. Vol. 40. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 284–357. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511662041.009. ISBN 0-521-38165-7. MR 1165537. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

References

  1. ^ a b "Mathematics People" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society: 511–513, May 2001
  2. ^ a b c January 2006 prizes and awards, American Mathematical Society.
  3. ^ DFG web page listing Ziegler as the Leibniz prize recipient.
  4. ^ Pfender, Florian; Ziegler, Günter M. (September 2004), "Kissing numbers, sphere packings, and some unexpected proofs" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society: 873–883.
  5. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01.
  6. ^ Hector Science Award ceremony
  7. ^ Founding ceremony of the Hector Fellow Academy Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine

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