Octav Mayer

Octav Mayer (October 5 [O.S. September 22] 1895 – 9 September 1966) was a Romanian mathematician, the first to earn a doctorate in Romania.[1]

Octav Mayer

He completed his Ph.D. at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași in 1920; his thesis, written under the direction of Alexander Myller, was titled Contributions à la théorie des quartiques bicirculaires.

The Octav Mayer Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy (located in Iași) is named after him.[2][3]

References
  1. Octav Mayer(1895 - 1966), Profesorii noştri, Mathematics Department, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (in Romanian), retrieved 2014-07-16.
  2. Institute of Mathematics "Octav Mayer", Iaşi, Romania, Mathematics organisations, All-Russian Mathematical Portal, retrieved 2014-07-16.
  3. Institutul de Matematica Octav Mayer home page, retrieved 2014-07-16.


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