Axel Börsch-Supan is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Axel Börsch-Supan as German mathematician and economist.
Axel Börsch-Supan was born at Darmstadt in 1954. His recorded nationality is Germany. He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Harvard University, University of Mannheim and Technical University of Dortmund.
The recorded fields of work are economics.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Germany matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Axel Börsch-Supan is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Held posts at Harvard University, University of Mannheim and Technical University of Dortmund
- Fields: economics
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