Jaroslav Kurzweil
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Jaroslav Kurzweil (ˈjarɔslaf ˈkurtsvajl) is a Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

. He is a specialist in ordinary differential equation
Ordinary differential equation
In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation is a relation that contains functions of only one independent variable, and one or more of their derivatives with respect to that variable....

s and defined the Henstock–Kurzweil integral in terms of Riemann sums
Riemann integral
In the branch of mathematics known as real analysis, the Riemann integral, created by Bernhard Riemann, was the first rigorous definition of the integral of a function on an interval. The Riemann integral is unsuitable for many theoretical purposes...

. Kurzweil has been awarded the highest possible scientific prize of the Czech Republic, the "Czech Mind" of the year 2006, as an acknowledgement of his life achievements.

External links

  • Jaroslav Kurzweil, Mathematics Genealogy Project
    Mathematics Genealogy Project
    The Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. As of September, 2010, it contained information on approximately 145,000 mathematical scientists who contribute to "research-level mathematics"...

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