Vojtěch Jarník
Vojtěch Jarnik, | |
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Born |
Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire | December 22, 1897
Died |
September 22, 1970 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia | (aged
Fields | mathematics |
Institutions | Charles University |
Doctoral advisor | Edmund Landau |
Doctoral students |
Bohuslav Divis Miroslav Katětov Jaroslav Kurzweil Ivo Marek |
Known for |
Prim's algorithm work in number theory, Gauss circle problem |
Vojtěch Jarník (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvojcɛx ˈjarɲiːk]; 1897 – 1970) was a Czech mathematician.
His main area of work was in number theory and mathematical analysis; he proved a number of results on lattice point problems. He also developed the graph theory algorithm known as Prim's algorithm.
The Vojtěch Jarník International Mathematical Competition, held each year in Ostrava, is named in his honor.
Selected bibliography
- V. Jarník: O jistém problému minimálním [About a certain minimal problem], Práce Moravské Přírodovědecké Společnosti, 6, 1930, pp. 57–63. (in Czech)
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Vojtěch Jarník", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Vojtěch Jarník at the Mathematics Genealogy Project,
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