1. Jonas Kubilius was a Lithuanian mathematician who worked in probability theory and number theory.
16 Facts About Jonas Kubilius
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Jonas Kubilius was rector of Vilnius University for 32 years, and served one term in the Lithuanian parliament.
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Jonas Kubilius received the Candidate of Sciences degree in 1951 from Leningrad University.
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Jonas Kubilius's thesis, written under Yuri Linnik, was titled Geometry of Prime Numbers.
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Jonas Kubilius received the Doctor of Sciences degree in 1957 from the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Moscow.
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Jonas Kubilius had simultaneous careers at Vilnius University and at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
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Jonas Kubilius continued working at the university after receiving his bachelor's degree in 1946, and worked as a lecturer and assistant professor after receiving his Candidate degree in 1951.
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Jonas Kubilius retired from the rector's position in 1991 after serving almost 33 years, and remained a professor in the university.
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Jonas Kubilius replaced him as rector and was more successful in resisting pressure to Russify the University: he returned Lithuanian language and culture to the forefront of the University.
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Jonas Kubilius known by pseudonym Bernotas was involved in Lithuanian partisan movement.
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In 1952 Jonas Kubilius became an employee of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in the Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy Sector.
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Jonas Kubilius initially promoted the development of probability theory in Lithuania, and later the development of differential equations and mathematical logic.
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In 1956 the Physical and Technical Institute was reorganized and Jonas Kubilius became head of the new Mathematical Sector.
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Jonas Kubilius held a position as Principal Scientific Worker at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, which split from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and is an independent state scientific institute.
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Jonas Kubilius organized the first mathematical olympiad in Lithuania in 1951, and he wrote books of problems for students to use in preparing for the olympiads.
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Jonas Kubilius was a past president of the Lithuanian Mathematical Society.