!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Hofreiter,_Nikolaus|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]