Branko Grunbaum ( October 2, 1929 , Osijek , Croatia - September 14, 2018 , Seattle , USA ) is an Israeli and American mathematician , the author of more than 200 scientific papers, mainly in the field of combinatorial geometry , one of the creators of the theory of .
| Branco Grunbaum | |
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| Horv. Branko grünbaum | |
 Branco Grunbaum, 1975 | |
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| Place of Birth | Osijek , Croatia |
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| A country |  Israel |
| Scientific field | maths |
| Place of work | University of Washington |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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| Awards and prizes | Guggenheim Fellowship [d] [d] [d] ( 2005 ) |
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Biography
In 1948, he began to study mathematics at the University of Zagreb . In 1949 he emigrated to Israel. In 1957 he received his doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study , University of Michigan and Washington . In 1995, he found and corrected a mistake in the previous proof of the Erdös – Sekefalvi-Nadia theorem .
Contributed to the study of acute-angle sets .
Recognition
- In 2005, Convex Polytopes received the Steel Award for the book. [3]
- Since 2012, is a full member of the American Mathematical Society . [four]
Russian translations
- Danzer L., Grunbaum B., Helly's theorem and its applications. - M: Mir, 1968 .-- 159 p.
- Grunbaum B. Studies on combinatorial geometry and the theory of convex bodies. - 1971.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Solomon Guggenheim Museum - 1937.
- ↑ Mathematical Genealogy - 1997.
- ↑ 2005 Steele Prizes . American Mathematical Society. Date of treatment August 9, 2013. Archived September 1, 2013.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society . Date of treatment August 5, 2013. Archived on August 16, 2013.