Helmut Maier
Helmut Maier | |
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Maier at Oberwolfach, 2008 | |
| Born | 17 October 1953 Geislingen an der Steige, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Ulm University of Minnesota (PhD) |
| Known for | Maier's matrix method Maier's theorem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Ulm University of Michigan Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| Doctoral advisor | J. Ian Richards |
Helmut Maier (born 17 October 1953) is a German mathematician and professor at the University of Ulm, Germany. He is known for his contributions in analytic number theory and mathematical analysis and particularly for the so-called Maier's matrix method as well as Maier's theorem for primes in short intervals. He has also done important work in exponential sums and trigonometric sums over special sets of integers and the Riemann zeta function.