Nationality Romanian | Name Tiberiu Popoviciu | |
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Known for Popoviciu's inequalityPopoviciu's inequality on variances | ||
Tiberiu Popoviciu (1906–1975) was a Romanian mathematician 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.
He founded in 1951 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.
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 from June 4, 1937. In November 1948 he was elected corresponding member of the Academy. He became titular member of the Academy at the section of mathematical sciences since March 20, 1963.