Bogdan Gavrilović (

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: Богдан Гавриловић; 1864–1947) was a

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, and

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. He received his doctorate in ''sciences mathematiques'' from the

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in 1887. He served twice as the Rector of the

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and was elected three times as president of the Serbian Royal Academy (1931–1937).

Biography

He graduated from high school in Novi Sad as a student of his generation. After high school, he went to study at the

as a scholarship holder of the Serbian benefactor

Sava Tekelija Sava Tekelija () (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant.

. In 1887, he received the title PhD in Mathematics. In the same year, he started working as a professor at the

. He remained in Belgrade until his death in 1947, and was active as a regular professor of mathematics at the Technical Faculty until 1941. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, he published two voluminous university textbooks, which also have a monographic character: *'' Analytic geometry of point, line, circle and conic sections'' (I-II; 1896) and *''Theory of determinants'' (1899). Both books are considered capital mathematical works in Serbia of their time. He founded the Mathematical Library in 1894, which was destroyed at the end of World War II. Together with

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and

Milutin Milanković Milutin Milanković (sometimes Anglicisation of names, anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; sr-Cyrl, Милутин Миланковић, ; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysics, geo ...

, he is considered responsible for the introduction of modern mathematics in Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century. Gavrilović was the founder of the "Mathematics Institute" in Belgrade (1946), president of the "

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Society" and the director of the "Nikola Tesla Institute".

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awarded him with dr. hon. causa and he was a member of '' society''

Circolo Matematico di Palermo The Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Mathematical Circle of Palermo) is an Italian mathematical society, founded in Palermo by Sicilian geometer Giovanni B. Guccia in 1884.

. Academic Gavrilović was the holder of numerous high scientific and social functions and the recipient of significant awards

Selected works

* ''Analitična geometrija tačke, prave, kruga i koničnih preseka I-II'', 1896. * ''Teorija determinanata'', 1899.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gavriloviczz, Bogdan 1864 births 1947 deaths Scientists from Novi Sad Serbian mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Belgrade Rectors of the University of Belgrade Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Yugoslav mathematicians Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary

Biography

Selected works

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