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Herbert Busemann

Mathematician · Germany · On the map · Academics · Lived 1905 to 1994 · aged 88

Herbert Busemann was a German-American mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry. He is the author of Busemann's theorem in Euclidean geometry and geometric tomography.

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Awards

Lobachevsky Prize1983

About this person

He was a member of the Royal Danish Academy and a winner of the Lobachevsky Medal (1985), the first American mathematician to receive it. He was also a Fulbright scholar in New Zealand in 1952.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1994 · aged 88