Eugène Ehrhart

Eugène Ehrhart
Born 1906
Guebwiller
Died 2000 (aged 9394)
Strasbourg
Nationality  French
Fields Mathematics
Alma mater University of Strasbourg
Known for Ehrhart polynomial

Eugène Ehrhart (29 April 1906 Guebwiller – 17 January 2000 Strasbourg) was a French mathematician who introduced Ehrhart polynomials in the 1960s. Ehrhart received his high school diploma at the age of 22. He was a mathematics teacher in several high schools, and did mathematics research on his own time. He started publishing in mathematics in his 40s, and finished his PhD thesis at the age of 60.

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