Martin Aigner

Martin Aigner (born February 28, 1942 in Linz) is an Austrian mathematician, professor at Freie Universität Berlin since 1974, with interests in combinatorial mathematics and graph theory.[1][2]

Martin Aigner
Aigner in 2004
Born	28 February 1942 Linz, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Mathematician

He received Ph.D from the University of Vienna. His book Proofs from THE BOOK (co-written with Günter M. Ziegler) has been translated into 12 languages.[3]

He is a recipient of a 1996 Lester R. Ford Award from the MAA for his expository article Turán's Graph Theorem.[4] In 2018 received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition (jointly with Günter M. Ziegler).[5]

Bibliography

• Combinatorial Theory (1997 reprint: ISBN 3-540-61787-6, 1979: ISBN 3-540-90376-3; )
• (with Günter M. Ziegler) Proofs from THE BOOK
  • Springer, Berlin, 1998, ISBN 3-540-63698-6
  • in German: Das BUCH der Beweise, 2nd edition: 2003, ISBN 3-540-40185-7
• A Course in Enumeration, 2007, ISBN 3-540-39032-4
• Discrete Mathematics, 2007, ISBN 0-8218-4151-3
• Mathematics Everywhere. Martin Aigner (Author, Editor), Ehrhard Behrends (Editor), 2010
• Alles Mathematik: Von Pythagoras zum CD-player, by Martin Aigner, Ehrhard Behrends, 2008, ISBN 3-8348-0416-9
• Combinatorial search. Teubner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-519-02109-9
• Graphentheorie. Eine Entwicklung aus dem 4-Farben-Problem. Teubner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-519-02068-8
• Diskrete Mathematik. Mit über 500 Übungsaufgaben.
  • Vieweg, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden 1993, ISBN 3-528-07268-7,
  • corrected edition 12006, ISBN 3-8348-0084-8

References

1. FU-berlin.de
2. Martin Aigner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. Google Books
4. Aigner, Martin (1995). "Turán's Graph Theorem". Amer. Math. Monthly. 102 (9): 808–16. doi:10.2307/2974509. JSTOR 2974509.
5. Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition