Martin Aigner (28 February 1942 – 11 October 2023) was an Austrian mathematician and professor at Freie Universität Berlin from 1974 with interests in combinatorial mathematics and graph theory.[1][2]
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 Aigner in 2004 | |
| Born | 28 February 1942 |
| Died | 11 October 2023 (aged 81) Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Employer | Freie Universität Berlin |
Biography
editMartin Aigner was born on 28 February 1942. He received his Ph.D from the University of Vienna. His book Proofs from THE BOOK (co-written with Günter M. Ziegler) has been translated into 12 languages.[3]
Aigner died on 11 October 2023, at the age of 81.[4]
Awards
editAigner was a recipient of a 1996 Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America for his expository article Turán's Graph Theorem.[5] In 2018, Aigner received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (jointly with Günter M. Ziegler).[6]
Selected publications
edit- Combinatorial Theory (1997 reprint: ISBN 3-540-61787-6, 1979: ISBN 3-540-90376-3; )
- (with Günter M. Ziegler) Proofs from THE BOOK[7]
- Aigner, Martin (2001). Proofs from the book. Günter M. Ziegler (2nd ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3-540-67865-4. OCLC 45223567.
- Aigner, Martin (2004). Das Buch der Beweise [Proofs from the book] (in German). Günter M. Ziegler (2., Aufl ed.). Berlin. ISBN 978-3-540-40185-8. OCLC 76595936.
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- A Course in Enumeration, 2007, ISBN 3-540-39032-4
- Aigner, Martin (2007). Discrete mathematics. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4151-8. OCLC 76821172.[8]
- Mathematics Everywhere. Martin Aigner (Author, Editor), Ehrhard Behrends (Editor), 2010
- Alles Mathematik: Von Pythagoras zum CD-player, by Martin Aigner, Ehrhard Behrends, 2008, ISBN 3-8348-0416-9
- Combinatorial search. Teubner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-519-02109-9
- Graphentheorie. Eine Entwicklung aus dem 4-Farben-Problem. Teubner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-519-02068-8
- Diskrete Mathematik. Mit über 500 Übungsaufgaben.
- Vieweg, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden 1993, ISBN 3-528-07268-7,
- corrected edition 12006, ISBN 3-8348-0084-8
- Aigner, Martin (2013). Markov's theorem and 100 years of the uniqueness conjecture : a mathematical journey from irrational numbers to perfect matchings. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-00888-2. OCLC 853659945.[9]
References
edit- ^ FU-berlin.de
- ^ Martin Aigner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Google Books
- ^ Wir trauern um Martin Aigner (in German)
- ^ Aigner, Martin (1995). "Turán's Graph Theorem". Amer. Math. Monthly. 102 (9): 808–16. doi:10.2307/2974509. JSTOR 2974509.
- ^ Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
- ^ Reviews:
- Bóna, Miklós (13 December 2011). "Review of proofs from THE BOOK (4th edition) by Martin Aigner and Günter M. Ziegler". ACM SIGACT News. 42 (4): 32–37. doi:10.1145/2078162.2078171. ISSN 0163-5700. S2CID 11364231.
- "Proofs from THE BOOK (Martin Aigner, Günter Ziegler) - review". dannyreviews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- Shepherd, Mary (15 August 2008). "Proofs from THE BOOK | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- "Proofs from THE BOOK: Reviewed by Daniel H. Ullman" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 46 (7): 1183–1185. August 2021. doi:10.1090/noti2322. S2CID 242422465.
- ^ Review: "Discrete Mathematics | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ Review: "Markov's Theorem and 100 Years of the Uniqueness Conjecture | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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