Mitrofan Cioban
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Mitrofan Cioban (born January 5, 1942) is a distinguished Moldovan mathematician, full member of the Academy of Science of Moldova (2000).
[edit] Life
Mitrofan Cioban was born in Copceac, Tighina county, Moldova to farmers Mihail and Tecla Cioban. He was the fourth of the couple's seven children. Although completely illiterate, his parents encouraged Mitrofan to get as good an education as was possible at the time. They sent him to a boarding school in the neighboring village of Volontiri. Because he spoke no Russian at the time, he had to give up on his early dream of becoming a ship designer.
At the age of 17, he decided to become a mathematician, was admitted to the Tiraspol University, and soon joined a seminar in topology led by P. Osmatescu. A brilliant student, they decided to sent him after graduation to the Moscow State University for advanced studies in Mathematics. In Moscow, he joined the Topology Seminar led by Pavel Alexandroff and got his PhD degree in 1970. He returned after graduation to Tiraspol. He is presently the President of the Tiraspol University. He and his wife Nina have three children, Antonina, Roman and Mihai.
[edit] Work
Mitrofan Cioban has written 8 books and more than 200 papers in General Topology, Topological Algebra, Set Theory, Functional Analysis, Measure Theory and other topics. He contributed to solving Hausdorff's problem on Borelian classes, Arhangelskii's problem on zero-dimensional representation of universal topological algebras as well as two Maltsev's problems on free topological algebras.
