Tiberiu Popoviciu

Tiberiu Popoviciu
Born February 16, 1906
Arad
Died December 29, 1975
Bucharest
Nationality Romanian
Fields Mathematics
Doctoral advisor Paul Montel
Known for Popoviciu's inequality
Popoviciu's inequality on variances

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]

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.

He was a lecturer at the Universities of Czernowitz, Bucharest and Iasi. In 1946 he was appointed professor at the University of Cluj. He was a member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences]] from June 4, 1937. In November 1948 he was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. He became titular member of the Academy at the section of mathematical sciences since March 20, 1963.

References

  1. Breckner, Wolfgang, Profesor Tiberiu Popoviciu, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, retrieved 2015-04-19.
  2. Istoric, Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science (in Romanian), retrieved 2015-04-19.
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