Hofreiter, Nikolaus#
b. Linz (Upper Austria), May 8, 1904, d. Vienna, Jan. 23, 1990, mathematician. Studied at Vienna University, where he became a professor in 1939, 1944-1946 at Braunschweig Technical University, from 1954 again at Vienna University (1965/66 rector). Research mainly into the geometry of numbers and algebra (Euclidian algorithm).
Publications#
Quadratische Zahlkoerper ohne euklid. Algorithmus, 1934; Diophantische Approximationen, 1937.Literature#
R. Einhorn, Vertreter der Mathematik und Geometrie an den Wr. Hochschulen 1900-40, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1985.