Tiberiu Popoviciu
Tiberiu Popoviciu | |
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| Born | February 16, 1906 |
| Died | October 29, 1975 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | Paris-Sorbonne University, University of Bucharest |
| Known for | Popoviciu's inequality Popoviciu's inequality on variances |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Montel |
| Doctoral students | Elena Moldovan Popoviciu |
Tiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975) was a Romanian mathematician[1] and the namesake of Popoviciu's inequality and Popoviciu's inequality on variances.
The Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science in Cluj-Napoca is named after him.[2]
In 1951 he founded a research institute which now bears his name: Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis.
Biography
He attended high school in Arad, the school which is now the Moise Nicoara National College. He graduated from the University of Bucharest, and got his doctorate in 1933 under Paul Montel from Paris-Sorbonne University.[3]
Popoviciu was a lecturer at the Universities of Czernowitz, Bucharest and Iasi. In 1946 he was appointed professor at the University of Cluj. On June 4, 1937 Popoviciu was elected member of the Romanian Academy. In November 1948 he was elected corresponding member of the Academy. He became full member of the mathematical sciences section of the Academy on March 20, 1963.
He married his former student, Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, in 1964; she also became a notable functional analyst.[4]
References
- ^ Breckner, Wolfgang, Profesor Tiberiu Popoviciu, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ^ Istoric, Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science (in Romanian), retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ^ Tiberiu Popoviciu at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Elena Moldovan Popoviciu", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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- 1906 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Arad, Romania
- Romanian Austro-Hungarians
- 20th-century Romanian mathematicians
- Titular members of the Romanian Academy
- Members of the Romanian Academy of Sciences
- Paris-Sorbonne University alumni
- University of Bucharest alumni
- University of Bucharest faculty
- Chernivtsi University faculty
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University faculty