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Prof. Dr. (em.) Matthias Kreck

E-mail: kreck(at)math.uni-bonn.de
Phone: +49 228 73 7785
Homepage: https://www.hcm.uni-bonn.de/homepages/prof-dr-matthias-kreck/
Room: 3.007
Location: Mathematics Center
Institute: Mathematical Institute
Research Area: Research Area A3

Academic Career

1970 - 1976

Assistant of F. Hirzebruch, University of Bonn

1972

Dissertation, University of Bonn (advisor: F. Hirzebruch)

1976

Professor (H3), University of Wuppertal

1977

Habilitation, University of Bonn

1978

Professor (C4), University of Mainz

1994 - 2002

Director, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics (MFO)

1999

Professor (C4), University of Heidelberg

2007 - 2011

Director, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, University of Bonn

2007 - 2014

Professor, University of Bonn

Since 2014

Professor Emeritus

Selected Publications

[1] Ulrich Bunke, Matthias Kreck, Thomas Schick
A geometric description of differential cohomology
Ann. Math. Blaise Pascal , 17: (1): 1--16
2010
File: http://http://ambp.cedram.org/item?id=AMBP_2010__17_1_1_0
[2] Matthias Kreck
Differential algebraic topology
From stratifolds to exotic spheres
of Graduate Studies in Mathematics : xii+218
Publisher: American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI
2010
ISBN: 978-0-8218-4898-2
DOI: 10.1090/gsm/110
[3] Henning Hohnhold, Matthias Kreck, Stephan Stolz, Peter Teichner
Differential forms and 0-dimensional supersymmetric field theories
Quantum Topol. , 2: (1): 1--41
2011
DOI: 10.4171/QT/12
[4] Ian Hambleton, Matthias Kreck, Peter Teichner
Topological 4-manifolds with geometrically two-dimensional fundamental groups
J. Topol. Anal. , 1: (2): 123--151
2009
DOI: 10.1142/S1793525309000084
[5] M. Kreck, W. Lück
Topological rigidity for non-aspherical manifolds
Pure Appl. Math. Q. , 5: (3, Special Issue: In honor of Friedrich Hirzebruch. Part 2): 873--914
2009
DOI: 10.4310/PAMQ.2009.v5.n3.a1
[6] Matthias Kreck, Volker Puppe
Involutions on 3-manifolds and self-dual, binary codes
Homology Homotopy Appl. , 10: (2): 139--148
2008
File: http://http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.hha/1251811070
[7] Matthias Kreck, Peter Teichner
Positivity of topological field theories in dimension at least 5
J. Topol. , 1: (3): 663--670
2008
DOI: 10.1112/jtopol/jtn016

Publication List

MathSciNet Publication List (external link)

Editorships

• Mathematische Annalen (1990 - 1998)
• Archiv der Mathematik (1998 - 2002)

Awards

2000

Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

2002

Doctor honoris causa, University of Siegen

2010

Cantor medal of the German Mathematical Society

Offers

1990

University of Munich

Selected PhD students

Stephan Stolz (1983): “Untersuchung hochzusammenhängender Mannigfaltigkeiten und ihrer Ränder”,
now Professor, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

Peter Teichner (1992): “Topological 4-manifolds with finite fundamental group”,
now Director of Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn

Stefan Bechtluft-Sachs (1993): “On the eta-Invariant of Dirac Operators on Manifolds with Free Circle Action”,
now Lecturer, Maynooth University, Ireland

Stephan Klaus (1995): “Brown-Kervaire Invariants”,
now Scientific Administrator, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics (MFO), and Professor (Apl), University of Mainz

Anand Dessai (1996): “Rigidity Theorums for Spin c-Manifolds”,
now Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Christian-Oliver Ewald (2002): “Hochschild Homology and De Rham Cohomology of Stratifolds”,
now Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Yang-Su (2007): “Singular Hypersurfaces as Stratifolds”,
now Associate Professor, Beijing, China

Supervised Theses

  • PhD theses: 20
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