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Đuro Kurepa

Serbian mathematician

Died when: 86 years 78 days (1034 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Đuro Kurepa

Ðuro Kurepa (Serbian Cyrillic: ???? ??????, pronounced [d?u?ro kurepa]; 16 August 1907 – 2 November 1993) was a Yugoslav mathematician.Throughout his life, Kurepa published over 700 articles, books, papers, and reviews and over 1,000 scientific reviews.

He lectured at universities across Europe, as well as those in Canada, Cuba, Iraq, Israel, and the United States, and was quoted saying "I lectured at almost each of [the] nineteen universities of [the former] Yugoslavia..." His nephew was the mathematician Svetozar Kurepa.

In English, his name was transliterated as Djuro Kurepa while in French he is often attributed as Georges Kurepa.


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