George Grätzer
George A. Grätzer is a Hungarian-Canadian mathematician, specializing in lattice theory and universal algebra. He is known for his books on LaTeX and his proof with E. Tamás Schmidt of the Grätzer–Schmidt theorem.
Biography
His father József Grätzer was famous in Hungary as the "Puzzle King". George Grätzer received his PhD from Eötvös Loránd University in 1960 under the supervision of László Fuchs. In 1963 Grätzer and Schmidt published their theorem on the characterization of congruence lattices of algebras. In 1963 Grätzer left Hungary and became a professor at Pennsylvania State University. In 1966 he became a professor at the University of Manitoba and later a Canadian citizen. In 1970 Grätzer became the founder and editor-in-chief of the journal Algebra Universalis. His mathematical articles—over 260, all listed on Research Gate—are widely cited, and he has written several influential books.Grätzer has received several awards and honours. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren.
Awards and honours
- Grünwald Memorial Prize
- Steacie Prize
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Jeffery–Williams Prize
- Zubek Prize
- Elected Foreign Member of Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
Publications
- Elmesport egy esztendőre 1959 ; trans. into English as 2011
- Universal Algebra 1960
- Lattice Theory 1971
- General Lattice Theory 1978
- VP-InfoVP-Info Database Language 1986
- 1999
- , sixth edition 2007
- Lattice Theory: Foundation 2011
- Practical LaTeX 2014
- The Congruences of a Finite Lattice: A Proof-by-Picture Approach, third edition 2023
- Math into LaTeX, sixth edition 2024
- Math into English, 2024
- Write Better, 2024