Alexandru Ioan Lupaș (5 January 1942 – 14 August 2007) was a

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. He was born in Arad, where he attended the Moise Nicoară High School. He pursued his studies at

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( , , commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Established in 1581 as Academia Claudiopolitana, it underwent several reorganizations over the centuries, eventually taking ...

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, obtaining a B.S. degree in Mathematics in 1964. He earned a Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

, under the direction of and

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. Lupaș then returned to work at Babeș-Bolyai University, obtaining a second Ph.D. degree in 1976 under the supervision of

Tiberiu Popoviciu Tiberiu Popoviciu (February 16, 1906–October 29, 1975) was a Romanian mathematician and the namesake of Popoviciu's inequality and Popoviciu's inequality on variances. The Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science in Cluj-Napoca is na ...

and . That year he moved to

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, starting as lecturer and advancing to full professor in 1990. He died in

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Professor Ph.D. Alexandru Lupaș at his 65th anniversary
by Eugen Drăghici {{DEFAULTSORT:Lupas, Alexandru Ioan 1942 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Romanian mathematicians 21st-century Romanian mathematicians Numerical analysts Babeș-Bolyai University alumni University of Stuttgart alumni People from Arad, Romania Moise Nicoară National College alumni