Wolfgang Gröbner
Wolfgang Gröbner | |
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Wolfgang Gröbner | |
| Born | 11 February 1899 |
| Died | 20 August 1980 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Awards | Wilhelm Exner Medal (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Innsbruck |
| Doctoral advisor | Philipp Furtwängler |
| Doctoral students | Bruno Buchberger Gerhard Wanner |
Wolfgang Gröbner (11 February 1899 – 20 August 1980) was an Austrian mathematician. His name is best known for the Gröbner basis, used for computations in algebraic geometry. However, the theory of Gröbner bases for polynomial rings was developed by his student Bruno Buchberger in 1965, who named them for Gröbner. Gröbner is also known for the Alekseev-Gröbner formula, which was actually proven by him.