Professor Ivo Babuška, founder of Applications of Mathematics, passed away

0575117 - MÚ 2024 DE eng J - Journal Article
Chleboun, J. - Křížek, Michal - Segeth, Karel - Vejchodský, Tomáš
Professor Ivo Babuška, founder of Applications of Mathematics, passed away.
Applications of Mathematics. Roč. 68, č. 4 (2023), s. 377-386. ISSN 0862-7940. E-ISSN 1572-9109
Institutional support: RVO:67985840
Keywords : Babuška Ivo
OECD category: Pure mathematics
Impact factor: 0.7, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.21136/AM.2023.0108-23

It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that Ivo Babuška passed away at the age of 97 on April 12, 2023. Professor Babuška was a renowned mathematician, a visionary in computational and applied mathematics, and a leading personality connecting rigorous mathematics with engineering applications. Prof. Ing. Dr. Ivo Babuška, DrSc., dr. h. c., was one of the founding fathers of the Mathematical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and, in 1956, he established the international journal Applications of Mathematics.
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