Márton Balázs (July 17, 1929 – April 13, 2016) was a Romanian
mathematician
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of
Hungarian descent.
[Kása Zoltán: A mi csillaghármasunk, '' Szabadság'', April 15, 201]
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He was born in Lueta
Lueta (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of two villages:
*Băile Chirui / Kirulyfürdő
* Lueta / Lövéte
His ...
, Odorhei County
Odorhei County was a county (Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania. The county seat was Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Geography
Odorhei County covered 2,977 km2 and was located in central part of Greater Romania, in eastern part of the historical ...
(now Harghita County
Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc.
Demographics 2002 census
In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...
), Romania
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. After graduating from high school in Odorheiu Secuiesc
Odorheiu Secuiesc (; , ; ) is the second largest municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ''Odorhei'' in Romanian and ''Udvarhely'' in Hungarian. The Hungarian name of the town "Udvarhely" mean ...
, he got his undergraduate degree a in mathematics and physics from Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca.
He began his professional career there at the Department of General Physics, then continued at the Department of Geometry. He continued his university activities at the merged university, named 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 ...
and he received his doctorate degree in 1968. From 1972, he was a lecturer (associate professor) at the Department of Function Theory and Analysis, and from 1990, a university professor. From 1990 to 1992, he was deputy dean. He retired in 1994. His scientific work falls within the field of analysis and numerical analysis (solving equations in abstract spaces). He has published numerous papers in Romanian, English, and French in Romanian and foreign scientific journals. He is the author of several university notes. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Matematikai Lapok'' (Mathematical Gazette for high school students) for several years, and for a decade and a half he was the head of the Romanian-language scientific seminar on Mathematics Didactics.
Notes
References
* ''Erdélyi magyar ki kicsoda'' (Hungarian Who's Who from Transylvania). Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania), Ed. RMDSZ–BMC. 2010. p. 61. ISBN 978-973-00725-6-3
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1929 births
2016 deaths
Romanian people of Hungarian descent
People from Harghita County
Romanian mathematicians
Romanian educational theorists
Babeș-Bolyai University alumni
Academic staff of Babeș-Bolyai University
Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni
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