Anders Björner is a Swedish mathematician, born in December 1947, who is professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He took his doctorate at Stockholm University in 1979 under Bernt Lindström. His research centres on combinatorics and on neighbouring parts of algebra, geometry, topology and computer science, and he is regarded as a leading expert in algebraic and topological combinatorics. His books include the monograph Oriented Matroids, written with Michel Las Vergnas, Bernd Sturmfels, Neil White and Günter M. Ziegler, and Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups, written with Francesco Brenti. He has directed the Mittag-Leffler Institute and served as editor-in-chief of Acta Mathematica. He received the Pólya Prize in 1983, has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1999, and was given the Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award in 2025.
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Anders Björner (born 17 December 1947) is a Swedish professor emeritus
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Anders Björner (born 17 December 1947) is a Swedish professor emeritus
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He received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1979, under Bernt Lindström.
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His research interests are in combinatorics, as well as the related areas of algebra, geometry, topology, and computer science.
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