Vojtěch Jarník
Mathematician, Academic
1897 – 1970
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Who was Vojtěch Jarník?
Vojtěch Jarník was a Czech mathematician.
His main area of work was in number theory and mathematical analysis; he proved a number of results on lattice point problems. He also developed the graph theory algorithm known as Prim's algorithm.
The Vojtěch Jarník International Mathematical Competition, held each year in Ostrava, is named in his honor.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1897
Prague - Also known as
- Vojtech Jarnik
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 22, 1970
Prague
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on July 23, 2013
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