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Vojtěch Jarník

Czech academic, mathematician and university educator (1897-1970) · Czechia · On the map · Academics · Died at 72

Vojtěch Jarník was a Czech mathematician. He worked for many years as a professor and administrator at Charles University, and helped found the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. He is the namesake of Jarník's algorithm for minimum spanning trees.

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Awards

Order of the Republic1967
Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia)1958
Klement Gottwald State Prize

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Country
Czechia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1970 · aged 72