Asker Ali Abiyev (born June 28, 1934), the inventor of Abiyev's
Magic square
In recreational mathematics, a square array of numbers, usually positive integers, is called a magic square if the sums of the numbers in each row, each column, and both main diagonals are the same. The 'order' of the magic square is the number ...
s and
Cubes,
was born in
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan.
Academic life
Abiyev studied in Physics-Mathematics faculty in
Baku State University from 1954 to 1957, and then, in the faculty of Physics in
Moscow State University from 1957 to 1961. After some years of working, he continued his education from 1963 until 1966 as a post-graduate in
Kurchatov Institute.
Scientific career
In 1961–1963, Aliyev worked in the Institute of Physics of
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. After his post-graduation from
Kurchatov Institute, he returned to the
National Academy in 1966.
After 1969, he worked as a researcher in the Radiation Problems Sector of
National Academy, and then, from 1976 until 1993, he worked as the head of the Laboratory of "Radiation Physics of Semiconductors".
He went to
Ankara,
Turkey, as a professor of
Yavuz Sultan Private Science Lyceum
Yavuz is a common masculine Turkish given name and in Turkish, "Yavuz" means "inflexible", "resolute" and "ferocious".
Etymology
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in 1993 (until 2000). From 2000 to 2007, he was a professor in the Department of Mathematics at
Gaziantep University in
Gaziantep,
Turkey.
Achievements
In 1970 and 1988, Abiyev defended dissertations in the field of "Physics of
Semiconductors" he obtained his ''Candidate of Physical-Mathematical Sciences'' title and in the field of
Dielectrics
In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field. When a dielectric material is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the mater ...
, 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
In recreational mathematics, a square array of numbers, usually positive integers, is called a magic square if the sums of the numbers in each row, each column, and both main diagonals are the same. The 'order' of the magic square is the number ...
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Magic cube
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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