Miodrag Petković

Miodrag S. Petković
Born	February 10, 1948 (1948-02-10) (age 76) Niš, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Alma mater	University of Nis
Occupation	Mathematician
Known for	Interval mathematics, Solving nonlinear equations, Polynomial roots, Recreational mathematics

Miodrag S. Petković (born 10 February 1948 in Niš, Serbia in the former Yugoslavia) is a mathematician and computer scientist. He graduated at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering (Department of Computer Science, University of Niš) in 1972 and gained his PhD in Mathematics (1980) in the area of Interval analysis. In 1991 he became a full professor of mathematics at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš in Serbia.

Petković is one of leading world experts in the theory of iterative processes for solving nonlinear equations and Interval mathematics. He wrote 266 academic papers (150 in Thomson Reuters' SCI journals) and 28 books, including four monographs Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros, Springer-Verlag 1989, Complex Interval Arithmetic and Its Applications, Wiley-VCH 1998, Point Estimation of Root Finding Methods, Springer-Verlag 2008, and Multipoint Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations, Elsevier 2013. Papers of dr Petković were cited 1193 times (the source of Web of Science) [1] with Hirsch index h=20, while Elsevier's Reference Manager Mendeley displays 1369 citations and h=21 [2].

He was visiting professor at the University of Oldenburg (Germany, 1989, 2001), the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France, 1992), the University of Tsukuba (Japan, 2001), and a scientific researcher/invited lecturer at Columbia University, Harvard University, and at the universities of Freiburg, Zurich (ETH), Oldenburg, Berlin (Humboldt University), London, Sofia, Kiel, Tokyo, Tsukuba, Nagoya and Vienna. He took part at 60 conferences and congresses, and he was the invited lecturer on two world’s congresses (1992 and 1996) and several international conferences. He was a co-organizer of the international conference at the University of Kiel (Germany) 1998.

Petković is an Associate Editor in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Computation and a member of Editorial Board of Reliable Computing, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematics and Computing Systems, Journal of Complex Analysis, Mathematical Aeterna, and Novi Sad J. Math. He was the mentor of 8 doctoral dissertations, 5 master's theses and the supervisor of 3 doctoral dissertations.

Petković is also a math popularizer; he authored a number of articles and books on recreational mathematics and chess. His books Mathematics and Chess, Dover Publications, 1997 and Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians, American Mathematical Society, 2009 (translated to Korean, Kyowoosa Publishing 2013) are curious collections which combine mathematics, puzzles and chess and present the unique books in the topics. As a chess composer, he published about 100 original chess problems.

Petković is a member of Serbian Scientific Society, New York Academy of Science, American Mathematical Society, GAMM, and a member of Serbian National Council of Science (2010-2015). He is married and has two sons.

Academic career

• full professor at the University of Nis from 1991
• visiting professor at the University of Oldenburg (Germany, 1989), the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France 1992) and the University of Tsukuba (Japan 2001)
• scientific researcher/lecturer at more than 20 universities in Europe (University of London-Birkbeck College, ETH (Zurich), Humboldt university (Berlin), the universities in Freiburg, Vienna, Kiel, etc.), in Japan (University of Tokyo, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Tokyo), Waseda university (Tokyo), the universities in Tsukuba, Nagoya, Matsuyama) and USA (Columbia University, Harvard university, Naval Postgraduate Study (Monterey))
• Associate editor of two highly ranked Elsevier’s journals J. Computational and Applied Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Computation and the member of Editorial Boards of six other journals
• mentor of 8 doctoral dissertations, 5 master's theses and the supervisor of 3 doctoral dissertations
• 700 review reports for more than 30 renowned journals
• co-organizer of the workshop Iterative Processes for Solving Equations, Kiel (Germany, 1998)
• member of National Council for Science of Republic Serbia in the period 2010-2015
• known as math popularizer (e.g., Mathematics and Chess (Dover Publications, 1997), Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians (AMS, 2009))

Publications

Publications include:

• Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Vol. 1387. Springer-Verlag. 1989. ISBN 978-3-540-51485-5.
• Mathematics and Chess. Dover Publications. 1997. ISBN 0-486-29432-3. (a collection of 110 problems in algebra, geometry, and combinatorics based on the rules of the chess game – part of this book can be read on Google books)
• Point Estimation of Root Finding Methods. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Vol. 1933. Springer-Verlag. 2008. ISBN 978-3-540-77850-9.
• Famous puzzles of great mathematicians. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8218-4814-2.
• Complex interval arithmetic and its applications. Wiley-VCH. 1998. ISBN 3-527-40134-2. (preview readable on Google books)
• Multipoint Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations. Elsevier/Academic Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-397013-8.

External links

• Personal website, list of Web of Science citation
• ResearchGate website, list of publications
• ResearchGate website, list of Web of Science citation
• Academic profile on Mendeley.com