Leopold Schmetterer
Leopold Schmetterer | |
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| Born | 8 November 1919 |
| Died | 23 August 2004 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
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| Doctoral advisor | Nikolaus Hofreiter |
Leopold Karl Schmetterer (8 November 1919 in Vienna – 23 August 2004 in Gols) was an Austrian mathematician working on analysis, probability, and statistics.
Decorations and awards
- 1973: Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- 1975: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1976: Science Award of the City of Vienna
- 1981: Austrian State Prize for Science Policy (Ludwig Boltzmann Prize)
- 1984: Erwin Schrödinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 1969: Gibble award
References
- Leopold Schmetterer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Friedrich Pukelsheim: Leopold Schmetterer 8.11.1919–24.8.2004, Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2004, 317–320.
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Leopold Schmetterer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews