Christian Reiher
Christian Reiher (born 19 April 1984 in Starnberg) is a German mathematician. He is the fifth most successful participant in the history of the International Mathematical Olympiad, having won four gold medals in the years 2000 to 2003 and a bronze medal in 1999.
Christian Reiher | |
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Reiher in Oberwolfach, 2012 | |
| Born | 19 April 1984 Starnberg, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Rostock LMU Munich |
| Known for | Proving Kemnitz's conjecture |
| Awards | European Prize in Combinatorics (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Hamburg |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans-Dietrich Gronau |
Just after finishing his Abitur, he proved Kemnitz's conjecture, an important problem in the theory of zero-sums. He went on to earn his Diplom in mathematics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Reiher received his Dr. rer. nat. from the University of Rostock under supervision of Hans-Dietrich Gronau in February 2010 (Thesis: A proof of the theorem according to which every prime number possesses property B) and works now at the University of Hamburg.
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