Simion Stoilow or Stoilov ( – 4 April 1961) was a Romanian mathematician, creator of the Romanian school of
complex analysis
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Craiova
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. His father, Colonel Simion Stoilow, fought at the in the Romanian War of Independence. After studying at the Obedeanu elementary school and the
Carol I High School
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Between 1947 ...
, Stoilow went in 1907 to the University of Paris, where he earned a B.S. degree in 1910 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1916. His doctoral dissertation was written under the direction of Émile Picard.
He returned to Romania in 1916 to fight in the
Romanian Campaign
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International Congress of Mathematicians
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The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...
in 1920 at
Strasbourg
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, in 1928 at Bologna, and in 1936 at Oslo. In 1928 he was awarded the Legion of Honour, Officer rank. In 1939 he moved to Bucharest, working first at the
Polytechnic University of Bucharest
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rector
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from 1944 to 1946 and as dean of the Faculties of Mathematics and Physics from 1948 to 1951.
From 1946 to 1948, he served as Romanian
ambassador
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to France. In 1946 he was a member of the Romanian delegation at the
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Paris Accords
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, headed by Gheorghe Tătărescu. In July 1947 he organized at Club de Chaillot the exhibit "L'art français au secours des enfants roumains";
Constantin Brâncuși
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Cabiria Andreian Cazacu
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, Romulus Cristescu, Martin Jurchescu, Ionel Bucur, and Aristide Deleanu, as well as Nicolae Boboc, Corneliu Constantinescu, and Aurel Cornea. Some of the first Romanian topologists who obtained their candidate’s theses were Stoilow’s students Tudor Ganea, Israel Berstein, Aristide Deleanu, Valentin Poénaru, and .
In 1957, Stoilow was awarded the
Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic
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crypt
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at the
Carol Park
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Simion Stoilow Prize The Simion Stoilow Prize ( ro, Premiul Simion Stoilow) is the prize offered by the Romanian Academy for achievements in mathematics. It is named in honor of Simion Stoilow.
The prize is awarded either for a mathematical work or for a cycle of works ...
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* Simion Stoïlow, "Leçons sur les principes topologiques de la théorie des fonctions analytiques", Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1956.
* Simion Stoïlow, "Œuvre mathématique", Éditions de l'Académie de la République Populaire Roumaine, Bucharest, 1964.
References
* Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, "Sur l'œuvre mathématique de Simion Stoïlow", pp. 8–21, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 1013, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1983.
* "Analysis and Topology: A Volume Dedicated to the Memory of S. Stoilow", edited by Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, Olli Lehto, and Themistocles M. Rassias, World Scientific Publishers, 1998.