Ciprian Foias | |
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 Ciprian Foias in Tokyo 1969 | |
| Born | Ciprian Ilie Foiaș 20 July 1933 |
| Died | 22 March 2020 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy |
| Known for | Commutant lifting theorem Foias constant |
| Awards | Wiener Prize (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Bucharest Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy Paris-Sud University Indiana University Texas A&M University |
| Doctoral advisor | Miron Nicolescu |
| Doctoral students | Zoia Ceaușescu Adrian Ocneanu Dan-Virgil Voiculescu |
Ciprian Ilie Foiaș (20 July 1933 – 22 March 2020) was a Romanian-American mathematician. He was awarded the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics in 1995, for his contributions in operator theory.