Ciprian Foias

Ciprian Foias
Born	20 July 1933 (1933-07-20) (age 78) Reşiţa, Banat
Nationality	Romania
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Indiana University University of Bucharest
Alma mater	University of Bucharest
Doctoral advisor	Miron Nicolescu
Doctoral students	Adrian Ocneanu Florian Potra Edriss Titi Dan-Virgil Voiculescu
Notable awards	Wiener Prize (1995)

Ciprian Ilie Foias (born 20 July 1933) is a Romanian-American mathematician. He was awarded the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics in 1995, for his contributions in operator theory.

Born in Romania, Foias received his doctorate from the University of Bucharest in 1962, under supervision of Miron Nicolescu. He taught at his alma mater (1966–1979), Paris-Sud 11 University (1979–1983), and Indiana University (1983 until retirement). The Foias constant is named after him.

External links

• Ciprian Foias at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• Website at Indiana University
• Website at Texas A&M

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Name	Foias, Ciprian
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Date of birth	20 July 1933
Place of birth	Reşiţa, Banat
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