Eugène Ehrhart (29 April 1906 – 17 January 2000) was a French mathematician who introduced Ehrhart polynomials in the 1960s. Ehrhart received his high school diploma at the age of 22. He was a mathematics teacher in several high schools, and did mathematics research on his own time. He started publishing in mathematics in his 40s, and finished his PhD thesis at the age of 60.

Eugène Ehrhart
Born1906
Died2000 (aged 93–94)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forEhrhart polynomial
Ehrhart's volume conjecture
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Selected publications

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  • Ehrhart, Eugène (1984), "Euler's Integers", The Fibonacci Quarterly, 22: 218–228.

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