Werner Müller (mathematician)
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Werner Müller is a German mathematician
. His research focuses on global analysis and automorphic forms.
at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in East Berlin. In 1977 he completed his PhD under the supervision
of Herbert Kurke. In his thesis
Analytische Torsion Riemannscher Mannigfaltigkeiten he solved, at the same time as but independently of Jeff Cheeger
,
the Ray-Singer conjecture on the equality between Analytic Torsion and Reidemeister Torsion.
Thereafter he moved to the Karl-Weierstraß-Institut für Mathematik of the
Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
After the reunion of Germany he spent some time at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in Bonn.
Since 1994 he is Professor at the Mathematics Institute of Bonn University.
He is the successor on the chair of Friedrich Hirzebruch
.
Together with Jeff Cheeger
, he has been awarded with the
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. His research focuses on global analysis and automorphic forms.
Biography
Werner Müller grew up in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). He studied mathematicsat the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in East Berlin. In 1977 he completed his PhD under the supervision
of Herbert Kurke. In his thesis
Analytische Torsion Riemannscher Mannigfaltigkeiten he solved, at the same time as but independently of Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger , is a mathematician. Cheeger is professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in New York City. His main interests are differential geometry and its applications to topology and analysis.-Biography:He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A....
,
the Ray-Singer conjecture on the equality between Analytic Torsion and Reidemeister Torsion.
Thereafter he moved to the Karl-Weierstraß-Institut für Mathematik of the
Academy of Sciences of the GDR.
After the reunion of Germany he spent some time at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in Bonn.
Since 1994 he is Professor at the Mathematics Institute of Bonn University.
He is the successor on the chair of Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch is a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation.-Life:He was born in Hamm, Westphalia...
.
Together with Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger
Jeff Cheeger , is a mathematician. Cheeger is professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University in New York City. His main interests are differential geometry and its applications to topology and analysis.-Biography:He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A....
, he has been awarded with the