Status

Dr. sc. math. ETH Albert Fässler Prof. em. for Applied Mathematics with Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Special field: Applied Group Theory.

Married with Carmen Fässler. Four sons: Manuel, Dominik, Daniel, Olivier.

Some publications since 1991

  1. A. Fässler: Fast Track to Differential Equations 2nd Edition, Springer (extended translation of Schnelleinstieg Differentialgleichungen), November 2021.
    Link to book
  2. A. Fässler: Schnelleinstieg Differentialgleichungen, Springer 2018.
  3. A. Fässler and Xingjun Aries Tu: More Around Pythagore from Ancient to Modern Times, International Mathematical Forum, Vol. 8, no. 40, p.1963–1975, 2013.
  4. A. Fässler: Four contributions in the Chapter Representation Theory of the book The Concise Handbook of Algebra, Kluwer Academic Pubishers 2002. It contains articles of 102 authors worldwide, 618 pages, Editors: Alexander V. Mikhalev, Moscow State University and Günther F. Pilz, Johannes KeplerUniversity, Austria.
  5. A. Fässler: Groups, Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking, p. 143-152 in Mathematical Modelling in Education and Culture, Horwood England, 2003.
  6. E. Allgower and A. Fässler: Blockstructure and Equivariance of Matrices, in Aspects of Complex Analysis, Differential Geometry, Mathematical Physics and Applications, Editors: Stancho Dimiev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Kouei Sekigawa, Niigata University Japan, World Scientific, p.19–34, 1999.
  7. A. Fässler: Variationsrechnung mit Einführung in die Methode der Finite Elements, Publikation der Ingenieurschule Biel, 1995.
  8. A. Fässler: The Power of the Generalized Schur Lemma, Proceedings of the AMS-SIAM 1992 Summer Seminar at the Colorado State University in Ft. Collins USA with title Exploiting Symmetry in Applied and Numerical Analysis, Lectures in Applied Mathematics, AMS, Providence, 1993.
  9. A. Fässler and E. Stiefel: Group Theoretical Methods and Their Applications, Birkhäuser Boston, 295 pages. 1992. Enlarged and renewed translation of Gruppentheoretische Methoden und ihre Anwendung, Teubner-Verlag, 1979.
  10. A. Fässler: Multiple Pythagorean Number Triples, American Mathematical Monthly, June/July, p. 505–517 (long article), 1991.

Professional Activities

  1. 1967: Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at Technikum Winterthur.
  2. 1968-1973: Study in Mathematics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH). Master in Mathematics in 1973. During my studies at ETH: Consultant for Scientific Programming at the Center of Calculation, Sulzer AG, Winterthur.
  3. 1973-1976: Assistent at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH. PhD in 1976 with title Application of Group Theory to the Method of Finite Elements for Solving Boundary Value Problems under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Dr.sc. Dr.sc. Eduard Stiefel.
  4. 1976-1980: Scientific collaborator of Prof. Stiefel at the Seminar for Applied Mathematics ETH.
  5. 1979–1980: Lecturer at ETH for Methods of Mathematical Physics I and II and Linear Algebra.
  6. 1980–2009: Professor for Mathematics at Bern University of Applied Sciences (Berner Fachhochschule BFH). 1990-2001: Head of Mathematics Group. 1989-1990: Establishing a Math-Laboratory.
  7. 1988-89: Sabbatical at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications IMA at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA.
  8. 1992–93: Sabbatical at the Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, USA.
  9. 1993–96: Seminars for mathematicians at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, who wants to become a licence for teaching (Certificat d’Enseignement Supérieur des Mathématiques Appliquées).
  10. August 2001: Talk at an int. Conference at Tsinghua Univesity, Beijing with title Groups, Symmetry and Symmetry Breaking.
  11. 2004–2005 Sabbatical at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University in Shanghai. Beside several seminar talks, I gave a semester course with title Applied Group Theory.
  12. 2007: Retirement-------------------------
  13. 2008: Visiting professor at the National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. I gave a half-semester course: Algebraic Cryptography and Coding Theory.
  14. 2008-2015: Expert for the Commission of the Federal Ministry of Education and Sciences (Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI), controlling quality and structure of high schools (Berufsmaturitätsschulen).
  15. March 2010: Two talks at Anna-University Chennai with titles A Surprising Result about Pythagorean Number Triples with a Connection to Elliptic Curves and Applied Group Theory: Blockstructure and Equivariance of Matrices.
  16. February/March 2014: Visiting professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University in Shanghai. Course Algebraic Introduction into Cryptography and Coding Theory.
  17. October 2016: Course Algebraic Introduction to Cryptography at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
  18. Febr/March 2017: Course Algebraic Introduction to Cryptography at B.S.Abdur Rahman, Crescent University, Chennai.
  19. 2013-2016: Expert and supporter of four physics projects in the frame of the Swiss Youth Research Programm (Schweizer Jugend Forscht sjf) with prizes for excellency in form of participating on international youth science congresses.
  20. Jan 2018: Participant at the International Conference of Discrete Mathematics and its Applications at the Manonmaniam Sudaranar University in Tirunelveli, Tamil Natu. Title of my talk: Groups and Symmetry.
  21. Jan/Feb 2019: Presenting my book Fast Track to Differential Equations at 8 universities in Tamil Nadu and at the Technocrats Institute of Technology, Bhopal.
  22. 5th Nov.2019: Presenting my book Fast Track to Differential Equations at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
  23. 9th Dec.2021: Talk at ETH in Zürich with title Ein mathematisches Modell zur Klimaänderung.

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