Eugène Ehrhart

Eugène Ehrhart
Born	1906 Guebwiller
Died	2000 (aged 93–94) Strasbourg
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg
Known for	Ehrhart polynomial Ehrhart's volume conjecture
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

Eugène Ehrhart (29 April 1906 – 17 January 2000) was a French mathematician who introduced Ehrhart polynomials in the 1960s. Ehrhart received his high school diploma at the age of 22. He was a mathematics teacher in several high schools, and did mathematics research on his own time. He started publishing in mathematics in his 40s, and finished his PhD thesis at the age of 60.

Selected publications

• Ehrhart, Eugène (1984), "Euler's Integers", The Fibonacci Quarterly, 22: 218–228.

References

• A Tribute to Eugène Ehrhart, Philippe Clauss, University of Strasbourg.

External links

• Mathematicians who were late learners?-list – MathOverflow
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