Rolf Schneider

Rolf Schneider
Born	Rolf Georg Schneider (1940-03-17) 17 March 1940 (age 84) Hagen, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Known for	Convex geometry, Stochastic geometry
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Freiburg
Doctoral advisor	Ruth Moufang

Rolf Georg Schneider (born 17 March 1940, Hagen, Germany)[1] is a mathematician. Schneider is a professor emeritus at the University of Freiburg. His main research interests are convex geometry and stochastic geometry.

Career

Schneider completed his PhD 1967 with Ruth Moufang at Goethe University Frankfurt with a thesis titled (Elliptisch gekrümmte Hyperflächen in der affinen Differentialgeometrie im Großen). In 1969, he got his Habilitation in Bochum. In 1970, he was appointed as a full professor at Technische Universität Berlin and in 1974 at the University of Freiburg.

He became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[2] in 2014 and received an honorary doctorate of the University of Salzburg in the same year.[3]

Research

Rolf Schneider is known for his solution of Shephard's problem,[4] his books on stochastic and integral geometry,[5][6][7] and his comprehensive monography on the Brunn–Minkowski theory.[8][9]

References

1. Lebens- und Karrieredaten Kürschner Gelehrtenkalender 2009
2. "American Mathematical Society". Ams.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
3. https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=41747&newsid=3569&s=1ef>
4. Schneider, Rolf (1967). "Zu einem Problem von Shephard über die Projektionen konvexer Körper". Math. Z. (in German). 101: 71–82. doi:10.1007/BF01135693. S2CID 120282582.
5. Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (1992). Integralgeometrie. Teubner. ISBN 3-519-02734-8.
6. Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (2000). Stochastische Geometrie. Stuttgart: Teubner. ISBN 3-519-02740-2.
7. Schneider, Rolf; Weil, Wolfgang (2008). Stochastic and Integral Geometry. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-78858-4.
8. Schneider, Rolf (1993). Convex Bodies: the Brunn-Minkowski Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-35220-7.
9. Schneider, Rolf (2014). Convex Bodies: the Brunn-Minkowski Theory. Second expanded Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60101-7.