Willi Jäger

German mathematician
Person human Q92288

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1940, August 15, 1940
Place of birth
Křelovice
Country of citizenship
Germany[4]
Field of work
mathematics[5]
Educated at
LMU Munich[8]
Doctoral advisor
Erhard Heinz[9]
Doctoral student
Horst R. Thieme, Martin Vingron, Bernhard Kawohl, Bernold Fiedler, Ben Schweizer, Stephan Luckhaus, Florin Diacu, Wolfgang Alt, Herbert Koch, Renate Schaaf, Harmut Ruchert, Dietmar Kröner, Christoph Pöppe, Klaus-Wilhelm Schaaf, Steffen Heinze, Hans Engler, Italo Vecchi, Manfred Göz, Uwe Scheerer, Jörg Kampen, Susanne Krömker, Rouslan Nabokov, Xiaoming Gu, Roland Eils, Markus Kirkilionis, Jose Ignacio Barradas, Ingo Bremer, Flavius Guias, Maria Neuß-Radu, Christoph Pospiech, Gesche Pospiech, Angela Stevens, Alfred Wagner, Wen-An Yong, Iuliu Sorin Pop, Alice Iosefina Renner, Simina Bodea, Oliver Markus Sterz, Tran Hong Thai, Klaus Johannsen, Dietmar Volz, Jens Eberhard, Christoph Reisinger, Malte A. Peter, Alexander Dressel, Igor Doktorski, Dirk Hartmann, Christina Surulescu, Eberhard J. Michel, Anna Marciniak-Czochra, Annika Wedemeier, Hamid Reza Noori, Andrés Chavarría Krauser, Hans-Jürgen Wolf, Philip Heuser, Thomas Lorenz, Heike Lischke, Marco Dentz, Wolfgang Tvaruskó, Steffen Heber, Mariya Ptashnyk, Elfriede Friedmann, Frank Strauss, Adela Tambulea, Franziska Matthäus, Arkadiusz Majka, Michael Lenzinger, Pau Montes, Christian Reichert, Sanae Rujivan, Frédéric Weller, Pavel Pavlov, Carmen Ellsässer, Pheakdey Nguonphan, Jan Rübel, Zuzanna Szymanska, Somporn Chuai-Aree, Martin Heida, Hans-Karl Hummel, An Le Thi Thanh, Anamaria Bodea, Petra Pustejovska, Moritz Mercker, Jan-Philip Schmidt, Hubert Mara, Lilian Villarin Pildain, Catalin Dartu, Martina Kihn, Stephan Ludwig, Lilian Kramer, Yifan Yang, Sabrina Kellner, Stefan Knauf, Valeria Malieva, Sven Stodtmann, Pinyo Yonthanthum, Chamroeun Khim, Kai Kopfer, Stefano Belloni[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Work location
Heidelberg
Languages spoken, written or signed
German
Family name
Jäger
Given name
Willi
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Name in native language
Willi Jäger
P14927
132750783
Student
Bernd Wollring
🏷️ Also known as
en Willi Jäger ar فيلي ياغر ja ヴィリ・イェーガー
🔖 Identifiers · 41
VIAF cluster ID
49668365
Library of Congress authority ID
n81093027
GND ID
132750783
OpenAlex ID
A5081495198, A5087154458as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Willi Jäger.jpg ↗
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
18888
BIBSYS ID
90109586, 90188706
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123551385
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12101508
CiNii Research ID
1140000791639021184
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DBLP author ID
08/6985
DDB person (GND) ID
132750783
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
132750783
Freebase ID
/m/0gmbqdf
HAdW member ID
94
IdRef ID
032540655
IxTheo authority ID
526873094
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
132750783
Kallías ID
PE00150994
Libraries Australia ID
35719848
MR Author ID
92940
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
21566
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02527000
NDL Authority ID
032570398
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2005294784
NLA Trove people ID
1057081
NSK (VIAF) ID
000038859
NUKAT ID
n98070408
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007434229605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070749450
Obálky knih ID
mzk2005294784
Parsifal cluster ID
142827
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
41709
RERO ID (legacy)
A003436287
SHARE Catalogue author ID
335074
Wellcome Collection concept ID
v3v29bgg
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjDDCd6GPhjjV8kXwGpxwy
ZbMATH author ID
jager.willi
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Doctoral student 3
Doctoral students 3
Award received 2
Employer 2
Occupation 2
Country of citizenship 1
Doctoral advisor 1
Doctoral advisors 1
Educated at 1
Family name 1
Field of work 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
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Place of birth 1
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Summary

Willi Jäger was born in Křelovice[1]. He worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

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Career and Affiliations

Employers include University of Münster[6], a public university[25], in Germany[26], founded in 1780[27], headquartered in Münster[28] and Heidelberg University[7], a public research university[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1386[31], headquartered in Heidelberg[32]. Doctoral students include Renate Schaaf[14], a mathematician[33]; Harmut Ruchert[15]; Dietmar Kröner[16], an applied mathematician[34], b. 1951[35]; Christoph Pöppe[17]; Klaus-Wilhelm Schaaf[18]; and Steffen Heinze[19].

Recognition

Awards received include Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[10], a decoration[36], in Germany[37]; Alwin-Walther medal[11], a science award[38], in Germany[39], founded in 1997[40]; and Baden-Wuerttemberg Research Award[12], a science award[41], in Germany[42].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Herbert Koch[43], a mathematician[44], b. 1962[45], of Germany[46]; Hubert Mara[47], an expert in archaeoinformatics[48], b. 1975[49], of Austria[50], awarded the Best Paper Award[51], specialised in computer science[52]; and Chamroeun Khim[53], a computer scientist[54].

FAQs

Where was Willi Jäger born?

Willi Jäger was born in Křelovice[1].

What did Willi Jäger do for work?

Willi Jäger worked as mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Willi Jäger go to school?

Willi Jäger was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[8].

What awards did Willi Jäger receive?

Honors received include Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[10], Alwin-Walther medal[11], and Baden-Wuerttemberg Research Award[12].

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