Roberto Markarian Abrahamian (12 December 1946) is a Uruguayan mathematician of

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descent, expert in

dynamical system In mathematics, a dynamical system is a system in which a Function (mathematics), function describes the time dependence of a Point (geometry), point in an ambient space. Examples include the mathematical models that describe the swinging of a ...

s and

chaos theory Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary area of scientific study and branch of mathematics focused on underlying patterns and deterministic laws of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, and were once thought to have co ...

Biography

He started studying at the University of the Republic in the 1960s. During the civic-military dictatorship he was arrested due to political reasons. Later he went to Brazil, where he graduated from the

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated univers ...

. Later on, his degree was validated in Uruguay. Markarian served as

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of the

University of the Republic The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...

(2014-2018). He is brother of the football coach

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1946 births Living people Uruguayan people of Armenian descent Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay) University of the Republic (Uruguay) rectors Uruguayan mathematicians Dynamical systems theorists Chaos theorists {{Uruguay-scientist-stub