Asker Ali Abiyev (born June 28, 1934), the inventor of Abiyev's
Magic squares and
Cubes
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,
was born in
Baku,
Azerbaijan
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.
Academic life
Abiyev studied in Physics-Mathematics faculty in
Baku State University
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from 1954 to 1957, and then, in the faculty of Physics in
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
from 1957 to 1961. After some years of working, he continued his education from 1963 until 1966 as a post-graduate in
Kurchatov Institute
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Scientific career
In 1961–1963, Aliyev worked in the Institute of Physics of
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) ( az, Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası (AMEA)), located in Baku, is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of ...
. After his post-graduation from
Kurchatov Institute
The Kurchatov Institute (russian: Национальный исследовательский центр «Курчатовский Институт», 'National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute) is Russia's leading research and developmen ...
, he returned to the
National Academy
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in 1966.
After 1969, he worked as a researcher in the Radiation Problems Sector of
National Academy
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, and then, from 1976 until 1993, he worked as the head of the Laboratory of "Radiation Physics of Semiconductors".
He went to
Ankara
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,
Turkey
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, as a professor of
Yavuz Sultan Private Science Lyceum in 1993 (until 2000). From 2000 to 2007, he was a professor in the Department of Mathematics at
Gaziantep University
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in
Gaziantep
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,
Turkey
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.
Achievements
In 1970 and 1988, Abiyev defended dissertations in the field of "Physics of
Semiconductor
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s" he obtained his ''Candidate of Physical-Mathematical Sciences'' title and in the field of
Dielectrics, he got ''Doctor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences'' title. Later, in 1990, he obtained the title of Professor of Physical-Mathematical Sciences.
See also
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Magic square
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Magic cube
In mathematics, a magic cube is the 3-dimensional equivalent of a magic square, that is, a collection of integers arranged in an ''n'' × ''n'' × ''n'' pattern such that the sums of the numbers on each row, on each c ...
References
External links
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20th-century Azerbaijani mathematicians
Moscow State University alumni
Living people
1934 births
Azerbaijani physicists
21st-century Azerbaijani mathematicians
Scientists from Baku
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