Valentin Vornicu

Valentin Vornicu

Infobox Scientist
caption = Valentin Vornicu at the 2006 International Mathematical Olympiad.
name=Valentin Vornicu
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birth_place = Bucharest
residence = San Diego, United States of America
citizenship = Romanian
nationality = Romanian
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field = Mathematics
work_institutions = Art of Problem Solving, MathLinks
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known_for = MathLinks, Art of Problem Solving, Vornicu-Schur extension
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prizes = Bronze Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
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Valentin Vornicu is the founder of MathLinks. He is also the current webmaster of the Art of Problem Solving. [ [http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a4-for-students/weblinks.shtml Math Web Links ] ]

Mathematics and education

Valentin Vornicu was a part of the Romanian team for the International Mathematics Olympiad in 2001 and 2002. [http://imo.wolfram.com/contestants/ROM6/] He graduated at the University of Bucharest in 2006, and got his Master's Degree in Algebra and Number Theory at the same University in 2008. [ [http://www.edu.ro/index.php/pressrel/1747?theme=print www.edu.ro :: Valentin Vornicu - asistent personal al ministrului si educatiei si cercetarii pentru relatia cu olimpicii romani ] ] Vornicu also, in 2007, discovered a generalized form of Schur's inequality, which he published in a problem-solving book titled "Olimpiada de Matematica". [Vornicu, Valentin; "Olimpiada de Matematica... de la provocare la experienta"; GIL Publishing House; Zalau, Romania.]

"Mathlinks" and "Art of Problem Solving"

In 2002, Vornicu founded an educational resources company known as MathLinks. In 2004, he merged the company with Art of Problem Solving, a company of which he is currently the webmaster. [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=117]

ee also

*MathLinks
*AoPS
*International Mathematics Olympiad

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