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Ivan Vidav (January 17, 1918 – October 6, 2015) was a Slovenian
Ivan Vidav (January 17, 1918 – October 6, 2015) was a Slovenian mathematician
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Ivan Vidav was born in Villa Opicina
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near Trieste
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, Italy
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. He was a student of Josip Plemelj
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. Vidav received his Ph.D.
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with Plemelj as his advisor in 1941 at the University of Ljubljana
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with the dissertation ''Kleinovi teoremi v teoriji linearnih diferencialnih enačb'' (Klein
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's Theorems in the Theory of Linear Differential Equations).
Vidav's main research interest were differential equations, functional analysis
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, and algebra
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. He was a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Establis ...
. He received the Prešeren Award
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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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