Tibor Šalát

Tibor Šalát
Born (1926-05-13)May 13, 1926
Vajka nad Žitavou, Slovakia
Died May 14, 2005(2005-05-14) (aged 79)
Bratislava, Slovakia
Residence Slovakia
Nationality Slovakian
Fields Mathematician
Institutions Comenius University in Bratislava
Alma mater Charles University in Prague
Doctoral students J. Smítal
P. Kostyrko
A. Nebrunnová
V. László
O. Strauch
J. Doboš
J. Borsík
M. Paštéka
Known for Number theory
Real analysis
Influences Eduard Čech
Vojtěch Jarník
M. Kossler

Tibor Šalát (May 13, 1926May 14, 2005) was a Slovak mathematician, professor of mathematics, and Doctor of Mathematics who specialized in number theory and real analysis. He was the author and co-author of undergraduate and graduate textbooks in mathematics, mostly in the Slovak language. And most of his scholarly papers have been published in various scientific journals.

Life

Originally from Žitava by the southern region of Slovakia, he studied at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University in Prague. In 1952 he went to work at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, where he became an assistant professor in 1962. He was appointed to a full professorship position in 1972. And in 1974, he earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the same institution.[1]

He specialized in Cantor's expansions, uniform distribution, statistical convergence, summation methods and theory of numbers.[1]

He wrote several undergraduate and graduate textbooks.

Academic papers

References

  1. 1 2 Kostyrko, Pavel; Strauch, Oto (1996). "Seventy years of professor Tibor Šalát". Mathematica Slovaca. Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. 46 (2–3): 129–141.


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