Konstantinos Papaioannou
Konstantinos Papaioannou (Κωνσταντίνος Παπαϊωάννου, 1899 – 6 October 1979)[1] was a Greek physicist, mathematician, and professor of mechanics at the University of Athens.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Athens in 1899. He completed secondary school in Athens and then studied at the National Technical University of Athens. He graduated there in 1919 with a degree from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He continued his studies at the University of Athens, where he obtained a degree in mathematics and then a doctorate in mathematics. He was appointed a professor of the University of Athens and became a member of the Academy of Athens.
Papaioannou was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1928 in Bologna, in 1932 in Zurich,[2] and in 1936 in Oslo.[3] He died on October 6, 1979, the same day that Anastasios Orlandos died.[4][5]
Papaionnou was the (unofficial) referee for the famous 154-page doctoral thesis of Christos Papakyriakopoulos and had the mathematical ability to immediately foresee Papakyriakopoulos's successful research career.[6]
Sources[edit]
- Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Μιχαήλ Στεφανίδης (Mikhail Stefanidis), ed. (1948). Εκατονταετηρίς 1837 - 1937, Τόμος Ε', Ιστορία της Φυσικομαθηματικής Σχολής (Hundreds of years 1837 - 1937, Volume E, History of Physical and Mathematical School). Αθήναι (Athens): Πυρσός Α.Ε (Pyrsos Ltd.).
References[edit]
- ^ Έλληνες τέκτονες ακαδημαϊκοί (Greek academics)
- ^ Papaïoannou, C. P. (1933). "Sur le mouvement d'une figure plane dans son plan". Verhandlungen des Internationalen Mathematiker-Kongresses: Zürich 1932. Vol. 2. pp. 288–290.
- ^ Papaioannou, C. P. (1937). "Sur les courbes ayant le même axe anharmonique". Comptes rendus du Congrès international des mathématiciens: Oslo, 1936. Vol. 2. pp. 147–149.
- ^ Νέα Εστία, issue 1256, p. 1521.
- ^ Μακεδονία (the newspaper Macedonia), 9 October 1979, p. 15.
- ^ Rassias, Themistocles M. "The Greek Mathematical Society" (PDF). European Mathematical Society (newsletter) September 2004. pp. 34–35.
- National Technical University of Athens alumni
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
- Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 1899 births
- 1979 deaths
- 20th-century Greek physicists
- 20th-century Greek mathematicians
- Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)
- Scientists from Athens