Manfred Leopold Einsiedler is a mathematician specializing in ergodic theory and its intersections with number theory. Born in 1973 in Scheibbs, Austria, he maintains citizenship in both Austria and Switzerland. His research output focuses on dynamical systems and equidistribution problems on homogeneous spaces, contributing to foundational discussions within the field of modern mathematics.
Academic Foundation
Einsiedler completed his mathematical education at the University of Vienna, earning an undergraduate degree in 1996. He continued his studies under the supervision of Klaus Schmidt, completing his PhD thesis, Problems in higher dimensional dynamics, in 1999. In 2001, he secured his habilitation from the University of Vienna, shortly after completing postdoctoral research terms at the University of East Anglia in 2000–2001.
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His career includes a range of academic positions across international institutions. Following his time at the University of Vienna, where he served as a professor extraordinarius, he acted as a Clay Research Scholar and visiting professor at Princeton University in 2004–2005. He subsequently joined the faculty at Ohio State University, advancing to full professor in 2008. Since 2009, he has held the position of professor ordinarius at ETH Zurich.
Research Contributions
The scope of his work spans dynamical systems and measure rigidity. He has engaged in significant collaborations, working alongside Grigory Margulis and Akshay Venkatesh. In conjunction with Elon Lindenstrauss and Anatole Katok, he demonstrated that a conjecture by John Edensor Littlewood concerning diophantine approximation holds true in almost all cases, meaning the set of exceptions possesses a Hausdorff dimension of zero.
Scholarly Recognition and Publications
The Austrian Mathematical Society awarded him its Research Prize in 2004. He has been invited to speak at major venues, including the European Mathematical Congress in Amsterdam in 2008, the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad in 2010, and a 2019 conference in Kraków. He has co-authored several texts, including Ergodic Theory: with a view towards Number Theory and Functional Analysis, Spectral Theory, and Applications, both published by Springer.
Fast facts
- Born: 1973, Scheibbs, Austria
- Citizenship: Austria; Switzerland
- PhD: University of Vienna, 1999
- Current position: Professor ordinarius, ETH Zurich
- Research fields: Ergodic theory, dynamical systems
- Award: Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society
- Memberships: Austrian Academy of Sciences
Questions readers ask
What is the focus of his mathematical research?
He specializes in ergodic theory, focusing specifically on dynamical systems, equidistribution problems on homogeneous spaces, and their applications to number theory.
Where does Manfred Leopold Einsiedler currently teach?
He holds the position of professor ordinarius at ETH Zurich, a post he has maintained since 2009.
Achievements
- Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society
- Held posts at University of Vienna, ETH Zurich and University of East Anglia
- Fields: mathematics, dynamical systems and ergodic theory
