Tibor Šalát

Tibor Šalát ((1926-05-13)May 13, 1926(2005-05-14)May 14, 2005) was a Slovak mathematician, professor of mathematics, and Doctor of Mathematics who specialized in number theory and real analysis. He was the author and co-author of undergraduate and graduate textbooks in mathematics, mostly in Slovak. And most of his scholarly papers have been published in various scientific journals.

Tibor Šalát
Born(1926-05-13)May 13, 1926
DiedMay 14, 2005(2005-05-14) (aged 79)
Nationality Slovakian
Alma materCharles University in Prague
Known forNumber theory
Real analysis
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsComenius University in Bratislava

Life

Originally from Žitava by the southern region of Slovakia, he studied at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University in Prague, where in 1952 he defended a dissertation entitled Príspevok k teorii súčtov a nekonečných radov s reálnými členami and supervised by Miloš Kössler and Vojtěch Jarník.[1] In 1952 he went to work at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, where he became an assistant professor in 1962. He was appointed to a full professorship position in 1972. And in 1974, he earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the same institution.[2]

He specialized in Cantor's expansions, uniform distribution, statistical convergence, summation methods and theory of numbers.[2]

He wrote several undergraduate and graduate textbooks.

Academic papers

References

  1. Veselý, Jiří (1999), "Pedagogical activities of Vojtěch Jarník", in Novák, Břetislav (ed.), Life and work of Vojtěch Jarník, Prague: Union of Czech mathematicians and physicists, pp. 83–94, ISBN 80-7196-156-6.
  2. Kostyrko, Pavel; Strauch, Oto (1996). "Seventy years of professor Tibor Šalát". Mathematica Slovaca. Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. 46 (2–3): 129–141.
  • P. Kostyrko, O. Strauch: Professor Tibor Šalát (1926-2005), Tatra Mt. Math. Publ. 31 (2005), 1-16


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