David Preiss FRS (born January 21, 1947) is a Czech and British mathematician, specializing in

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

. He is a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...

of mathematics at the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (202 ...

Preiss is a recipient of the

Ostrowski Prize The Ostrowski Prize is a mathematics award given every odd year for outstanding mathematical achievement judged by an international jury from the universities of Basel, Jerusalem, Waterloo and the academies of Denmark and the Netherlands. Alexand ...

(2011) and the winner of the 2008

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical S ...

Pólya Prize for his 1987 result on ''Geometry of Measures'', where he solved the remaining problem in the geometric theoretic structure of sets and

measures Measure may refer to: * Measurement, the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an object or event Law * Ballot measure, proposed legislation in the United States * Church of England Measure, legislation of the Church of England * Mea ...

Euclidean space Euclidean space is the fundamental space of geometry, intended to represent physical space. Originally, that is, in Euclid's ''Elements'', it was the three-dimensional space of Euclidean geometry, but in modern mathematics there are Euclidean sp ...

. He was an invited speaker at the ICM 1990 in Kyoto. He is a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematic ...

(2004) and a Foreign Fellow of the

Learned Society of the Czech Republic Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machines; there is also evidence for some kind of learni ...

(2003). He is associate editor of the mathematical journal ''

Real Analysis Exchange The ''Real Analysis Exchange (RAEX)'' is a biannual mathematics journal, publishing survey articles, research papers, and conference reports in real analysis and related topics. Its editor-in-chief is Paul D. Humke Paul may refer to: *Paul (giv ...

''.Editorial Board
''Real Analysis Exchange''. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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External links

David Preiss webpage at University of Warwick
1947 births Living people English mathematicians Academics of the University of Warwick Fellows of the Royal Society Measure theorists Functional analysts {{UK-mathematician-stub