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]

Martin Aigner
Aigner in 2004
Born(1942-02-28)28 February 1942
Died11 October 2023(2023-10-11) (aged 81)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
OccupationMathematician
EmployerFreie Universität Berlin

Biography

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Martin 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

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Aigner 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

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  • Combinatorial Theory (1997 reprint: ISBN 3-540-61787-6, 1979: ISBN 3-540-90376-3; )
  • (with Günter M. Ziegler) Proofs from THE BOOK[7]
  • 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.
  • 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

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  1. ^ FU-berlin.de
  2. ^ Martin Aigner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Google Books
  4. ^ Wir trauern um Martin Aigner (in German)
  5. ^ Aigner, Martin (1995). "Turán's Graph Theorem". Amer. Math. Monthly. 102 (9): 808–16. doi:10.2307/2974509. JSTOR 2974509.
  6. ^ Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
  7. ^ Reviews:
  8. ^ Review: "Discrete Mathematics | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ Review: "Markov's Theorem and 100 Years of the Uniqueness Conjecture | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.