Karl-Otto Stöhr Explained

Karl-Otto Stöhr (born 9 May 1942) is a German mathematician working on algebraic geometry. He is a titular researcher at the IMPA.^[1]

Stöhr is a titular member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and has received Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit.^[2] He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences.^[3]

He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Bonn in 1967 under the guidance of Wolfgang Krull and Jacques Tits.^[4]

Arnaldo Garcia was a student of his.

Selected papers

• With J. F. Voloch: "Weierstrass points and curves over finite fields" (1986)
• "On the poles of regular differentials of singular curves" (1993)

Notes and References

1. http://www.impa.br/opencms/en/pesquisa/pesquisa_pesquisadores/pesquisadores_karl_Otto_stohr/pesquisadores_karl_Otto_stohr.html IMPA
2. Web site: Brazilian Academy of Sciences . 2015-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124204124/http://www.abc.org.br/resultado.php3?codigo=Stohr . 2010-11-24 . dead .
3. http://www.eurasc.org/members/members.asp?Cognome=s European Academy of Sciences
4. http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=50692 Mathematics Genealogy Project