Dragoslav S. Mitrinović (

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: Драгослав Митриновић; 23 June 1908 – 2 April 1995) was a

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known for his work in differential equations,

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, complex analysis. He authored near 300 scientific journal papers and more than twelve books in his area.

Biography

Born in

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, he studied in

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and

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, graduating in mathematics at the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...

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(1932). He earned a

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(1933) on a study of differential equations entitled ''Istraživanja o jednoj važnoj diferencijalnoj jednačini prvog reda'' (that is, ''Investigations of an important differential equation of the first order''), advised by

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. He then worked as a secondary school teacher until 1946, when he visited

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(1946) before joining the faculty at Skopje University in Macedonia where he founded the school of mathematics and two journals, eventually being elected to the

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. He then worked for the

University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering The University of Belgrade School of Electrical Engineering also known as Faculty of Electrical Engineering ( sr, Електротехнички факултет Универзитета у Београду/''Elektrotehnički fakultet Univerziteta ...

(1951–78), where he also became head of the math department (1953) and the founder of the Belgrade School of Functional Equations, Differential Equations and Inequalities, as well the School of Mathematics (1960). He also headed the math department at

University of Niš The University of Niš ( sr, Универзитет у Нишу, Univerzitet u Nišu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1965 and consists of 13 faculties with 1,492 academic staff and around 20,500 students (as of 2018–19 sch ...

(1965–75). He was also affiliated with

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and

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. He was among the founders of the Serbian Scientific Society, the Mathematical documentation center of the Society of Mathematicians and

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of Serbia, the President of the Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Macedonia, the President of the Commission for Mathematics of the Federal Council for the Coordination of Scientific Research.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitrinovic, Dragoslav Serbian mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Belgrade Academic staff of the University of Niš 1908 births 1995 deaths University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje Yugoslav mathematicians