Prof. Richard Weiss

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAlgebra, Theory of Numbers, Algebraic Geometry,Geometry, Topology
KeywordsGebäude, Moufang-Mengen, Moufang-Polygone

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityMedford
InstitutionTufts University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Theo GrundhöferInstitut für Mathematik, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Gernot StrothArbeitsgruppe Algebra und Geometrie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale)
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Weiss has made deep contributions to algebra, graph theory and geometry. His investigations of groups acting on graphs lead to a better understanding of finite simple groups. Together with Jaques Tits he published the monograph "Moufang polygons", which completes a geometric classifications project of fundamental significance. He plans to continue his research on Moufang sets in Germany.

Publications (partial selection)

2006Richard Mark Weiss: Quadrangular Algebras. Princeton University Press, 2006