Rolf Schneider | |
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Born | Rolf Georg Schneider 17 March 1940
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.
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 TU 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]
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]