Roberto Markarian Abrahamian (12 December 1946) is a Uruguayan mathematician of
Armenian
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descent, expert in
dynamical system
In mathematics, a dynamical system is a system in which a function describes the time dependence of a point in an ambient space. Examples include the mathematical models that describe the swinging of a clock pendulum, the flow of water i ...
s and
chaos theory
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.
Biography
He started studying at the University of the Republic in the 1960s. During the civic-military dictatorship he was arrested due to political reasons. Later he went to Brazil, where he graduated from the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS) is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated univ ...
. Later on, his degree was validated in Uruguay.
Markarian served as
rector
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of the
University of the Republic
The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America an ...
(2014-2018).
He is brother of the football coach
Sergio Markarian.
References
1946 births
Living people
Uruguayan people of Armenian descent
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni
Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay)
University of the Republic (Uruguay) rectors
Uruguayan mathematicians
Dynamical systems theorists
Chaos theorists
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