Alexandru Ioan Lupaș (5 January 1942 – 14 August 2007) was a

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n mathematician. He was born in Arad, where he attended the Moise Nicoară High School. He pursued his studies at Babeș-Bolyai University in

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, obtaining a

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degree in Mathematics in 1964. He earned a

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degree in 1972 from the

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, under the direction of and Friedrich Moritz Lösch. Lupaș then returned to work at Babeș-Bolyai University, obtaining a second Ph.D. degree in 1976 under the supervision of Tiberiu Popoviciu and . That year he moved to Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, starting as lecturer and advancing to full professor in 1990. He died in

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Professor Ph.D. Alexandru Lupaș at his 65th anniversary
by Eugen Drăghici {{DEFAULTSORT:Lupas, Alexandru Ioan 1942 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Romanian mathematicians 21st-century Romanian mathematicians Numerical analysts Babeș-Bolyai University alumni University of Stuttgart alumni People from Arad, Romania