David Preiss

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David Preiss FRS (born 21 January 1947) is a Czech and British mathematician, specializing in mathematical analysis.

He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/people/ Mathematics Staff and Postgraduates], University of Warwick Institute of Mathematics. Revised 2 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

Preiss is a recipient of the Ostrowski Prize (2011)

and the winner of the 2008 London Mathematical Society Pólya Prize{{cite web|title=List of LMS prize winners |publisher=London Mathematical Society |url=http://www.lms.ac.uk/content/list-lms-prize-winners|accessdate=26 October 2015}} for his 1987 result on Geometry of Measures, where he solved the remaining problem in the geometric theoretic structure of sets and measures in Euclidean space.[https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/20052011-1109/press-releases#2008 London Mathematical Society Prizes 2008], London Mathematical Society, Media release, 4 July 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

He was an invited speaker at the ICM 1990 in Kyoto.{{cite web|url=https://www.mathunion.org/icm-plenary-and-invited-speakers?combine=preiss|title=ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers|publisher=International Mathematical Union|access-date=2024-05-17}}

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (2004){{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/david-preiss-12118/|title=Professor David Preiss FRS|work=Fellows directory|publisher=Royal Society|access-date=2024-05-17}} and a Foreign Fellow of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (2003).{{cite web|url=https://www.learned.cz/cz/clenove-ucene-spolecnosti/zahranicni-clenove-ucene-spolecnosti/preiss-david.html|title=Preiss David|publisher=Learned Society of the Czech Republic|language=Czech|access-date=2024-05-17}}

He is associate editor of the mathematical journal Real Analysis Exchange.[http://msupress.org/journals/raex/edboard/?id=50-214-B Editorial Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906040438/http://msupress.org/journals/raex/edboard/?id=50-214-B |date=6 September 2019 }}, Real Analysis Exchange. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

Publications

  • {{cite journal | last = Erdős | first = Paul | authorlink = Paul Erdős | first2= David |last2=Preiss | title = Decomposition of Spheres in Hilbert Spaces | journal = Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae | volume = 017 | issue = 4 | pages = 791–795 |year=1976}}
  • {{cite journal | last = Preiss | first = David | title = Geometry of measures in R^n: Distribution, rectifiability, and densities | journal = The Annals of Mathematics | volume = 125 | issue = 3 | pages = 537–643 | year = 1987| doi = 10.2307/1971410 | jstor = 1971410 | hdl = 10338.dmlcz/133417 | hdl-access = free }}

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