Ciprian Foias
| Ciprian Foias | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
20 July 1933 Reșița, Caraș County, Kingdom of Romania |
| Nationality | Romania |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Indiana University University of Bucharest |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest |
| Doctoral advisor | Miron Nicolescu |
| Doctoral students |
Adrian Ocneanu Florian Potra Edriss Titi Dan-Virgil Voiculescu László Zsidó Jesenko Vukadinovic Costel Peligrad Constantin Onica Eric Olson Igor Kukavica Luan Hoang Caixing Gu Zoran Grujic Alp Eden Radu Dascaliuc Alexey Cheskidov Animikh Biswas |
| Notable awards | Wiener Prize (1995) |
Ciprian Ilie Foiaș (born 20 July 1933) is a Romanian-American mathematician. He was awarded the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics in 1995, for his contributions in operator theory.
Born in Romania, Foias received his doctorate from the University of Bucharest in 1962, under supervision of Miron Nicolescu. He taught at his alma mater (1966–1979), Paris-Sud 11 University (1979–1983), and Indiana University (1983 until retirement). Since 2000, he has been teaching and doing research at Texas A&M University, where he is a Distinguished Professor. The Foias constant is named after him. Foias is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher.[1]
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External links
- Ciprian Foias at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Website at Indiana University
- Website at Texas A&M
- "Foias Constant." From MathWorld
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