Constantin Corduneanu (July 26, 1928 – December 26, 2018) was a Romanian-American mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2015, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy; he was a corresponding member of the Academy since 1974.[1][2][3][4]
Constantin Corduneanu | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 26, 1928 |
| Died | December 26, 2018 (aged 90) |
| Citizenship | Romanian-American |
| Alma mater | University of Iași (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava University of Texas at Arlington |
| Thesis | Probleme globale pentru ecuațiile diferențiale de ordin I și II (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ilie Popa |
| Notable students | Mahmood Bijankhan |
Biography
editCorduneanu was born in Potângeni, Iași County, the son of Aglaea and Costache Corduneanu.[3] From 1940 to 1947, he attended military high school in Iași and Predeal. In 1951, he graduated from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Iași, Department of Mathematics.[5] His teachers there included Alexander Myller, Octav Mayer, Mendel Haimovici, Dimitrie Mangeron, Ilie Popa, Gheorghe Gheorghiev, Alexandru Climescu, Ion L. Creangă, and Adolf Haimovici.[6] Corduneanu received his Ph.D. in 1956 from the University of Iași with thesis Probleme globale pentru ecuațiile diferențiale de ordin I și II written under the supervision of Ilie Popa.[7] The thesis defense the committee was composed of Miron Nicolescu, Grigore Moisil, and Nicolae Teodorescu.[4]
From 1949 to 1977 he was a faculty member at the University of Iași, advancing in rank to full professor, and serving as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics (1968–1972) and pro-rector (1972–1973 and 1974–1977).[5] He also held faculty positions at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași and at the University of Suceava, where he served as rector from 1966 to 1968.[5][2]
In 1977, Corduneanu decided to leave Romania. He first went to Italy, where he taught some courses at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste.[2] In January 1978, he emigrated to the United States, and secured a teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (where he had been a visiting professor in 1967–1968 and 1973–1974). After spending a year as visiting professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, he became a tenured professor in the fall of 1979 at the University of Texas at Arlington,[2] where he taught until his retirement in 1996.[5] He died at Medical City Arlington in 2018, at age 90.[3]
A Festschrift in his honor, titled Mathematical Analysis With Applications, was published in 2018.
Books
edit- Corduneanu, Constantin; Gheorghiu, N.; Barbu, Viorel (1968). Almost Periodic Functions. Interscience Tracts in pure and applied Mathematics. Vol. 22. New York-London-Sydney: John Wiley & Sons. MR 0481915. OCLC 874093704.
- Corduneanu, Constantin (2008) [1971]. Principles of Differential and Integral Equations. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-1-4704-5348-0. OCLC 1154534646.
- Corduneanu, Constantin (1973). Integral Equations and Stability of Feedback Systems. Mathematics in Science and Engineering. Vol. 104. New York-London: Academic Press. ISBN 9780121883508. MR 0358245. OCLC 316566636.
- Corduneanu, Constantin (1991). Integral Equations and Applications. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521340502. MR 1109491. OCLC 1024031605.
- Corduneanu, Constantin (2002). Functional Equations with Causal Operators. Stability and Control: Theory, Methods and Applications. Vol. 16. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203166376. MR 1949578. OCLC 840377570.
- Corduneanu, Constantin (2009). Almost Periodic Oscillations and Waves. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-09819-7. ISBN 9780387098197. MR 2460203. OCLC 1012499956.
- Corduneanu, Constantin; Li, Yizeng; Mahdavi, Mehran (2016). Functional Differential Equations: Advances and Applications. Pure and applied mathematics. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-18947-3. OCLC 1075891809.
References
edit- ^ "Professor emeritus Corduneanu remembered for kindness, contributions to mathematics". www.uta.edu. College of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ a b c d Mahdavi, Mehran (1 January 2020). "A Memorial Tribute to Professor Constantin Corduneanu, The Outstanding Mathematician". Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems. 7 (1): 140–150. doi:10.1515/msds-2020-0115. MR 4171130.
- ^ a b c Bencze, Mihály (2019). "In Memoriam Constantin Corduneanu" (PDF). Octogon Mathematical Magazine. 27 (1): 436–437.
- ^ a b Aleksandrov, A. Yu.; Martynyuk, A. A.; Pavel, N. H.; Vassilyev, S. N. (2012). "Professor Constantin Corduneanu" (PDF). Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory. 12 (2): 111–118. MR 2962102.
- ^ a b c d "Zi neagră pentru România. Doliu pentru toată comunitatea științifică românească. Un ilustru român a murit". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). December 27, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ ""Am contribuit la pregătirea a peste 7000 de studenți"". Adevărul (in Romanian). December 5, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ Constantin Corduneanu at the Mathematics Genealogy Project