Conference on Convex and Discrete Geometry
on the occasion of the retirement of Peter M. Gruber
July 13-17, 2009
Peter Manfred Gruber, born in 1941, has been holding the Chair of Mathematical Analysis at the Vienna University of Technology since 1976. He started his work in the Geometry of Numbers and then switched to Convex Geometry with occasional excursions to his old field and to Discrete Geometry. Over the years a research group has developed around him: his former students and members of his research group include Chuanming Zong (Beijing), Christian Buchta (Salzburg), Martin Henk (Magdeburg), Monika Ludwig (New York) and Matthias Reitzner (Osnabrück).
The idea of this conference is to present an image of modern Convex and Discrete Geometry. We also hope that it will be a meeting point for colleagues and friends from many countries.
Plenary Speakers
| Keith Ball, Univ. College London | Peter McMullen, Univ. College London |
| Imre Bárány, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Vitali Milman, Univ. of Tel Aviv |
| Stefano Campi, Univ. of Siena | Sergei P. Novikov, Steklov Institute, Univ. of Maryland |
| Richard J. Gardner, Western Washington Univ. | Rolf Schneider, Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg |
| Paul Goodey, Univ. of Oklahoma | Günter M. Ziegler, TU Berlin |
| Martin Henk, Univ. Magdeburg | Chuanming Zong, Peking Univ. |
Minisymposium on the History of Convex Geometry
| Nikolai Dolbilin/Arkadii Maltsev: | S. Ryshkov |
| Gábor Fejes Tóth: | L. Fejes Tóth |
| David Larman: | C. A. Rogers |
| David Larman: | V. Klee |
| Jörg Wills: | E. Hlawka |
Update
- Here you can find some pictures taken at the reception and during the conference.
Organizers
- Christian Buchta, University of Salzburg
- Christoph Haberl, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
- Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
- Matthias Reitzner, University of Osnabrück
- Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology