Simion Stoilow
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Simion Stoilow or Stoilov ( – 4 April 1961) was a Romania
n mathematician
, creator of the Romanian school of complex analysis
, and author of over 100 publications.
, and grew up in Craiova
. His father, Colonel Simion Stoilow, fought at Smârdan in the Romanian War of Independence
. After studying at the Obedeanu elementary school and the Carol I High School
, Stoilow went in 1907 to the University of Paris
, where he earned a B.S.
degree in 1910 and a Ph.D.
in Mathematics in 1916. His doctoral dissertation was written under the direction of Émile Picard
.
He returned to Romania in 1916 to fight in World War I's Romanian Campaign
, first in Dobrudja, then in Moldavia
. After the war, he became professor of mathematics at the University of Iaşi (1919-1921) and the University of Cernăuţi
(1921-1939). In 1939 he moved to Bucharest, first at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest
, and from 1941 at the University of Bucharest
, serving as rector
from 1944 to 1945 and as dean
of the Faculties of Mathematics and Physics from 1948 to 1951.
From 1946 to 1948, he served as Romanian ambassador
to France. In 1946 he was a member of the Romanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference
, headed by Gheorghe Tătărescu
. In July 1947 he organized at Club de Chaillot the exhibit "L'art français au secours des enfants roumains"; Constantin Brâncuşi
participated, Tristan Tzara
and Jean Cassou
wrote the preface to the catalogue.
Stoilow was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
in 1936, and full member in 1945. In 1949 he was the founding director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
, serving in that capacity until he died. Among his students at the Institute were Martin Jurchescu, Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, Corneliu Constantinescu, Nicolae Boboc, and Aurel Cornea.
Stoilow died in Bucharest in 1961 of a brain stroke
. He was cremated at the Cenuşa crematorium
. Prior to the Romanian Revolution of 1989
, his funeral urn
was maintained in a crypt
at the Carol Park
Mausoleum.
, reopened in the immediate aftermath of the Romanian Revolution of 1989
), is now named after him. The Simion Stoilow Prize
is awarded every year by the Romanian Academy
.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, creator of the Romanian school of complex analysis
Complex analysis
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is useful in many branches of mathematics, including number theory and applied mathematics; as well as in physics,...
, and author of over 100 publications.
Biography
He was born in BucharestBucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, and grew up in Craiova
Craiova
Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...
. His father, Colonel Simion Stoilow, fought at Smârdan in the Romanian War of Independence
Romanian War of Independence
The Romanian War of Independence is the name used in Romanian historiography to refer to the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish war, following which Romania, fighting on the Russian side, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire...
. After studying at the Obedeanu elementary school and the Carol I High School
Carol I High School
The Carol I National College is a high school located in central Craiova, Romania, on Titu Maiorescu street. It is one of the most prestigious secondary education institutions in Romania.-History:...
, Stoilow went in 1907 to the University of Paris
University of Paris
The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...
, where he earned a B.S.
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in 1910 and a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in Mathematics in 1916. His doctoral dissertation was written under the direction of Émile Picard
Charles Émile Picard
Charles Émile Picard FRS was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie Française in 1924.- Biography :...
.
He returned to Romania in 1916 to fight in World War I's Romanian Campaign
Romanian Campaign (World War I)
The Romanian Campaign was part of the Balkan theatre of World War I, with Romania and Russia allied against the armies of the Central Powers. Fighting took place from August 1916 to December 1917, across most of present-day Romania, including Transylvania, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian...
, first in Dobrudja, then in Moldavia
Moldavia
Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
. After the war, he became professor of mathematics at the University of Iaşi (1919-1921) and the University of Cernăuţi
Chernivtsi University
The Chernivtsi National University is the leading Ukrainian institution for higher education in northern Bukovina, in Chernivtsi, a city in southwest Ukraine....
(1921-1939). In 1939 he moved to Bucharest, first at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Universitatea Politehnica din Bucureşti is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1864 based on the older technical school of Gheorghe Lazăr and it was renamed "Politehnica" in 1920.-History:...
, and from 1941 at the University of Bucharest
University of Bucharest
The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...
, serving as rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
from 1944 to 1945 and as dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the Faculties of Mathematics and Physics from 1948 to 1951.
From 1946 to 1948, he served as Romanian ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to France. In 1946 he was a member of the Romanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
The Paris Peace Conference resulted in the Paris Peace Treaties signed on February 10, 1947. The victorious wartime Allied powers negotiated the details of treaties with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland .The...
, headed by Gheorghe Tătărescu
Gheorghe Tatarescu
Gheorghe I. Tătărescu was a Romanian politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Romania , three times as Minister of Foreign Affairs , and once as Minister of War...
. In July 1947 he organized at Club de Chaillot the exhibit "L'art français au secours des enfants roumains"; Constantin Brâncuşi
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brâncuşi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...
participated, Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement...
and Jean Cassou
Jean Cassou
Jean Cassou was a French writer, art critic, poet and member of the French Resistance during World War II.- Biography :Jean Cassou was born at Deusto, near Bilbao,...
wrote the preface to the catalogue.
Stoilow was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
Romanian Academy
The Romanian Academy is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 acting members who are elected for life....
in 1936, and full member in 1945. In 1949 he was the founding director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
The Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy is a research institute in Bucharest, specialized in Mathematics. It was named after Simion Stoilow, who was its first Director, in 1949. In 1974 Nicolae Ceauşescu's daughter Zoia was permitted into the institute because of her...
, serving in that capacity until he died. Among his students at the Institute were Martin Jurchescu, Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, Corneliu Constantinescu, Nicolae Boboc, and Aurel Cornea.
Stoilow died in Bucharest in 1961 of a brain stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
. He was cremated at the Cenuşa crematorium
Cremation in Romania
The 20th century history of cremation in Romania began in 1923, when the Romanian Cremation Society, called Cenuşa , was formed. In February 1928, the Bucharest Crematorium, also called Cenuşa, began operations. It cremated 262 corpses that year, the figure rising to 602 in 1934...
. Prior to the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
, his funeral urn
Urn
An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered, that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. "Knife urns" placed on pedestals flanking a dining-room sideboard were an English innovation for high-style dining rooms of the late 1760s...
was maintained in a crypt
Crypt
In architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....
at the Carol Park
Carol Park
Carol Park is a public park in Bucharest, Romania, named after King Carol I of Romania. For the duration of the communist regime, it was called Liberty Park ....
Mausoleum.
Legacy
The Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy (closed in 1975 by a decree of Nicolae CeauşescuNicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
, reopened in the immediate aftermath of the Romanian Revolution of 1989
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
), is now named after him. The Simion Stoilow Prize
Simion Stoilow Prize
The Simion Stoilow Prize is the prize offered by the Romanian Academy for achievements in mathematics. It is named in honor of Simion Stoilow.The prize is awarded either for a mathematical work or for a cycle of works...
is awarded every year by the Romanian Academy
Romanian Academy
The Romanian Academy is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 acting members who are elected for life....
.
Work
- Siméon Stoilow, "Sur une classe de fonctions de deux variables définies par les équations linéaires aux dérivées partielles", Thesis, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, VI u. 84 S. 4 (1916). JFM entry
- S. Stoïlow, "Sur les singularités mobiles des intégrales des équations linéaires aux dérivées partielles et sur leur intégrale générale", Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale SupérieureAnnales Scientifiques de l'École Normale SupérieureAnnales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure is a French scientific journal of mathematics published by Gauthier-Villars. It was founded in 1864 by the French chemist Louis Pasteur and published articles in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and geology. In 1900, it became a purely...
(3) 36, 235-262 (1919) JFM entry - Simion Stoïlow, "Leçons sur les principes topologiques de la théorie des fonctions analytiques", Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1956.
- Simion Stoïlow, "Œuvre mathématique", Éditions de l'Académie de la République Populaire Roumaine, Bucharest, 1964.
External links
- Portrait, at the University of Bucharest
- Short biography Short biography Short biography, at Obedeanu school
- Brancusi exhibits