Hans Föllmer
Encyclopedia
Hand Föllmer is a German
mathematician
, currently Professor Emeritus at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin
, Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore
, and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University
. He was awarded the Cantor medal
in 2006. He specialized in Stochastics and Mathematical Finance
.
In 2007 he became doctor honoris causa at the Université Paris-Dauphine.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
mathematician
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, currently Professor Emeritus at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
, and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. He was awarded the Cantor medal
Cantor medal
The Cantor medal of the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung is named in honor of Georg Cantor. It is awarded at most every second year during the yearly meetings of the society...
in 2006. He specialized in Stochastics and Mathematical Finance
Mathematical finance
Mathematical finance is a field of applied mathematics, concerned with financial markets. The subject has a close relationship with the discipline of financial economics, which is concerned with much of the underlying theory. Generally, mathematical finance will derive and extend the mathematical...
.
In 2007 he became doctor honoris causa at the Université Paris-Dauphine.