Horst Knörrer

Horst Knörrer (born 31 July 1953, in Bayreuth) is a German mathematician, who studies algebraic geometry and mathematical physics.

After that, he was a research assistant until 1985 in Bonn, interrupted by two years 1980 to 1982 at the Leiden University.

In 1985 he completed his habilitation in Bonn and was a Heisenberg fellow the following two years.

Knörrer studies algebraic geometry and its connection to mathematical physics, for example, for integrable systems, as well as mathematical theory of many-particle systems in statistical mechanics and solid state physics (Fermi liquids).

Together with Brieskorn, he wrote an extensive and rich illustrated textbook on algebraic curves, which also was translated into English.