Victor Vâlcovici
Victor Vâlcovici | |
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![]() Vâlcovici in the 1930s | |
Born | |
Died | 21 June 1970 | (aged 84)
Resting place | Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest |
Education | Nicolae Bălcescu High School |
Alma mater | University of Bucharest University of Göttingen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Mechanics |
Institutions | University of Iași Polytechnic School of Timișoara University of Bucharest |
Thesis | Ueber die diskontinuierliche Flussigkeitsbewegungen mit zwei freien Strahlen (1913) |
Doctoral advisor | Ludwig Prandtl |
Minister of Public Works and Communications | |
In office April 18, 1931 – June 5, 1932 | |
Prime Minister | Minister of Justice |
In office January 7 – January 9, 1932 | |
Prime Minister | Nicolae Iorga |
Preceded by | Constantin Hamangiu |
Succeeded by | Valer Pop |
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Victor Vâlcovici (21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1885 – 21 June 1970) was a Romanian mechanician and mathematician.
Biography
Born into a modest family in Galați, he graduated first in his class in 1904 from Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila. Entering the University of Bucharest on a scholarship, he attended its faculty of sciences, where he had as teachers Spiru Haret and Gheorghe Țițeica.[1] After graduating in 1907 with a degree in mathematics, he taught high school for two years before leaving for University of Göttingen on another scholarship to pursue a doctorate in mathematics. He wrote his thesis under the direction of Ludwig Prandtl and defended it in 1913; the thesis, titled Ueber die diskontinuierliche Flussigkeitsbewegungen mit zwei freien Strahlen (Discontinuous flow of liquids in two free dimensions),[2][3][4] amplified upon the work of Bernhard Riemann.[5]
He was subsequently named assistant professor of mechanics at the
Elected a corresponding
He died in 1970 in Bucharest, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery. Streets have been named after Victor Vâlcovici in Brăila, Galați, and Timișoara; a school in Galați also bears his name.
Books
- Vâlcovici, Victor (1958). Une extension des liaisons non holonomes et des principes variationnels (in French). S2CID 118604371.
- Vâlcovici, Victor (1971). Mecanica fluidelor și teoria elasticității (in Romanian). București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. OCLC 886523167.
Notes
- ^ Predescu, D.C. (May 23, 2013). "Gălățeni care au uimit lumea – Victor Vâlcovici". Viața Liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ Victor Vâlcovici at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Otlăcan, pp. 125–6
- JFM 44.0859.01
- ^ a b c d e Hager, p. 1361
- ^ a b c Otlăcan, p. 127
- OCLC 1404131
- ^ Otlăcan, p. 126, 127
- ^ Otiman, Păun Ion (December 2013). "1948–Anul imensei jertfe a Academiei Române" (PDF). Akademos (in Romanian). 4 (31): 115–124.
- ^ "Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent" (in Romanian). Romanian Academy.
References
- Willi Hager, Hydraulicians in Europe (1800–2000), vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4665-5498-6
- (in Romanian) Eufrosina Otlăcan, "Victor Vâlcovici (1885–1970) – savant și desăvârșit pedagog", NOEMA, vol. VI, 2007, pp. 124–29
External links
- "Valcovici, Victor (1885–1970)". www.dmg-lib.org. Retrieved February 16, 2022.