In the history of mathematics, France Križanič is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists France Križanič as Slovene mathematician (1928-2002).
France Križanič was born at Maribor in 1928. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He studied at University of Ljubljana.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Ljubljana.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: Order of Labour.
That the work was done from Kingdom of Yugoslavia matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
France Križanič died in 2002, aged 74. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Order of Labour
- Held posts at University of Ljubljana
