Mihailo Petrović Scientist
Mihailo Petrović Alas (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Петровић Алас; 6 May 1868 – 8 June 1943), was an influential Serbian mathematician and inventor. He was also a distinguished professor at Belgrade University, an academic, fisherman, writer, publicist, musician, businessman, traveler and volunteer in the First and Second World Wars. He was a student of Henri Poincaré, Charles Hermite and Charles Émile Picard. Petrović contributed significantly to the study of differential equations and phenomenology, as well as inventing one of the first prototypes of an analog computer.
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| Birth date | April 24, 1868 |
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| Date of death | June 08, 1943 |
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| doctoral student | Danilo Mihnjevi%C4%87 Dragoljub Markovi%C4%87 Ivan Arnovljevi%C4%87 Konstantin Orlov Milo%C5%A1 Radoj%C4%8Di%C4%87 Mladen Beri%C4%87 Radivoj Ka%C5%A1anin Sima Markovi%C4%87 Tadija Pejovi%C4%87 |
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