Ion Barbu
Ion Barbu | |
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| Born | Dan Barbilian March 18, 1895 |
| Died | August 11, 1961 (aged 66) |
| Resting place | Bellu Cemetery, Sector 4, Bucharest, Romania 44°24′26.87″N 26°5′49.06″E / 44.4074639°N 26.0969611°E |
| Nationality | Romanian |
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| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest (BS and PhD in Mathematics) |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1919–1961 |
| Era | Interwar period |
| Notable work | Second game (Joc secund) |
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| Spouse | Gerda Barbilian |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geometry |
| Institutions | University of Bucharest |
| Thesis | Canonical representation of the addition of hyperelliptic functions (1929) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gheorghe Țițeica |
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Ion Barbu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈbarbu], pen name of Dan Barbilian; 18 March 1895 –11 August 1961) was a Romanian mathematician and poet. His name is associated with the Mathematics Subject Classification number 51C05, which is a major posthumous recognition reserved only to pioneers of investigations in an area of mathematical inquiry. As a poet, he is known for his volume Joc secund ("Mirrored Play"), in which he sought to fulfill his vision of a poetry which adhered to the same virtues that he found in mathematics.