Đuro Kurepa
Đuro Kurepa | |
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Kurepa in 1976 | |
| Born | Đurađ Kurepa 16 August 1907 Majske Poljane, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 2 November 1993 (aged 86) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb University of Paris |
| Known for | Set theory logic Erdős–Rado–Kurepa theorem Kurepa tree |
| Awards | AVNOJ Award ICM Speaker (1954, 1958) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Zagreb University of Belgrade |
Doctoral advisor | Maurice René Fréchet |
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Đuro Kurepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђуро Курепа, pronounced [dʑǔːro kǔrepa]; 16 August 1907 – 2 November 1993) was a Yugoslav and Serbian mathematician, university professor and academic.
Throughout his life, Kurepa published over 700 articles, books, papers, and reviews and over 1,000 scientific reviews. He lectured at universities across Europe, as well as those in Canada, Cuba, Iraq, Israel, and the United States, and was quoted saying "I lectured at almost each of [the] nineteen universities of [the former] Yugoslavia..."