Miodrag Petković

Miodrag S. Petković
Born	February 10, 1948 Malča, Serbia
Residence	Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Alma mater	University of Nis
Occupation	Mathematician
Known for	Interval mathematics, Polynomial roots, Recreational mathematics

Miodrag S. Petković (born 10 February 1948 in Malča, Serbia in the former Yugoslavia) is a mathematician and computer scientist. He graduated in Computer Science in 1972 and gained his PhD in Mathematics (1980) in the area of Interval analysis. In 1991 he became a full professor of mathematics at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš in Serbia.

Professor Petković is a leading expert in the theory of iterative processes for solving nonlinear equations and interval mathematics. He wrote over 230 academic papers (120 in Thomson's SCI journals) and twenty books, including three monographs Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros, Springer-Verlag 1989, Complex Interval Arithmetic and Its Applications, Wiley-VCH 1998 and Point Estimation of Root Finding Methods, Springer-Verlag 2008.

He was visiting professor at the University of Oldenburg (Germany, 1989) and at the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France, 1992) and a scientific researcher at the universities of Freiburg, Oldenburg, Berlin, New York, London, Sofia, Kiel, Tsukuba and Vienna. Professor Petković is an Associate Editor in Journal and Computational and Applied Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and Computation and a member of Editorial Board of Reliable Computing, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science, and Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics. He was the mentor of 11 doctoral dissertations and master theses.

Professor Petković is also a math popularizer; he authored a number of articles and books on recreational mathematics and chess. His books Mathematics and Chess, Dover Publications, 1997 and Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians, American Mathematical Society, 2009 are curious collections which combine mathematics, puzzles and chess. As a chess composer, he published about 100 original chess problems.

Professor Petković is a member of Serbian Scientific Society, New York Academy of Science, American Mathematical Society, GAMM, and a member of Serbian National Council of Science. He is married and has two sons. His wife Ljiljana is also a professor of Mathematics at the University of Niš.

Academic career

• visiting professor at the University of Oldenburg (Germany, 1989) and at the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France 1992)
• scientific researcher in Berlin, New York, Freiburg, London, Sofia, Oldenburg, Kiel, Tsukuba and Vienna
• referee for 17 international journals, member of the Editorial Boards of six mathematical journals
• co-organizer of the workshop Iterative Processes for Solving Equations, Kiel (Germany, 1998)

Publications

Publications include:

• Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 1387. Springer-Verlag. 1989. ISBN 9783540514855. ^[1]
• Mathematics and Chess. Dover Publications. 1997. ISBN 0-486-29432-3.  (a collection of 110 problems in algebra, geometry, and combinatorics based on the rules of the chess game^[2] – part of this book can be read on Google books)
• Point Estimation of Root Finding Methods. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 1933. Springer-Verlag. 2008. ISBN 9783540778509. ^[3]
• Famous puzzles of great mathematicians. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society. 2009. ISBN 9780821848142. ^[4]
• Complex interval arithmetic and its applications. Wiley-VCH. 1998. ISBN 3527401342.  (preview readable on Google books)

References

1. ^ "Iterative Methods for Simultaneous Inclusion of Polynomial Zeros". Springer Computational Science & Engineering. http://www.springer.com/math/cse/book/978-3-540-51485-5. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 
2. ^ Dave Davis (2008). ""Mathematics and Chess" by Petkovic - Reviewed by David Davis". Isolanis Chess Club. http://isolanis.com/2008/01/mathematics-and-chess-by-petkovic-reviewed-by-david-davis/. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 
3. ^ "Point Estimation of Root Finding Methods". Springer Computational Science & Engineering. http://www.springer.com/math/cse/book/978-3-540-77850-9. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 
4. ^ "Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians (Paperback)". amazon.com. 2009. http://www.amazon.com/Famous-Puzzles-Mathematicians-Miodrag-Petkovic/dp/0821848143. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 

External links

• Personal website, list of publications, etc

Persondata
Name	Petković, Miodrag
Alternative names
Short description	mathematician, computer scientist, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Niš in Serbia in the Faculty of Electronic Engineering
Date of birth	February 10, 1948
Place of birth	Malča, Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia
Date of death
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