Branko Grünbaum
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Branko Grünbaum (Hebrew: ברנקו גרונבאום; 2 October 1929 – 14 September 2018)[1] was a Croatian-born mathematician of Jewish descent[2] and a professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received his Ph.D. in 1957 from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.[3]
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Branko Grünbaum | |
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Born | 2 October 1929 |
Died | 14 September 2018(2018-09-14) (aged 88) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Nationality | Croatian American |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Awards | Lester R. Ford Award (1976) Carl B. Allendoerfer Award (1978) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Thesis | On Some Properties of Minkowski Spaces (1957) |
Doctoral advisor | Aryeh Dvoretzky |
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