Editing Ivan Vidav

{{Short description|Slovenian mathematician (1918–2015)}}
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'''Ivan Vidav''' (January 17, 1918 – October 6, 2015) was a [[Slovenians|Slovenian]] [[mathematician]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sazu.si/en/novice/umrl-akademik-ivan-vidav.html|title=sazu.si}}</ref>

Ivan Vidav was born in [[Villa Opicina]] near [[Trieste]], [[Italy]]. He was a student of [[Josip Plemelj]]. Vidav received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] with Plemelj as his advisor in 1941 at the [[University of Ljubljana]] with the dissertation ''Kleinovi teoremi v teoriji linearnih diferencialnih enačb'' ([[Felix Klein|Klein]]'s Theorems in the Theory of Linear [[Differential Equation]]s).

Vidav's main research interest were [[differential equations]], [[functional analysis]], and [[algebra]]. He was a regular member of the [[Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts]]. He received the [[Prešeren Award]] in recognition of his work.

In 1988, he became an honorary member of the [[Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia]] (DMFA).

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[[Category:University of Ljubljana alumni]]
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