Person
Kovács, László György (Laci) (1936 - 2013)
- Born
- 18 August 1936
Budapest, Hungary - Died
- 28 July 2013
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Laci Kovác was a mathematician who in 1963 joined the fledgling Department of Mathematics at the Australian National University being set up by his former PhD advisor Bernard Neumann. Kovác's research centred on ring theory, abelian and other groups and free Lie algebras. His pub output of over 100 papers included a number of influential articles on group theory. He readily interacted with students and served on the editorial boards of a number of journals.
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Chronology
- 1958
- Education - qualified as secondary school teacher in mathematics and physics, University of Debrecen, Hungary
- 1958 - 1960
- Award - Research studentship, University College of North Staffordshire, United Kingdom
- 1960
- Education - MSc, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1960 - 1963
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer (later Lecturer), Victoria University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1961
- Education - PhD, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1963
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1963 - 2001
- Career position - Fellow (later Senior Fellow), Department of Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
- 1969 - 1979
- Career position - Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society
- 1985 - 1990
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Communications in Algebra
- 1993
- Award - B. H. Neumann Award (jointly), Australian Mathematics Trust
- 1997 - 2001
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Journal of group Theory
- 1998 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Periodica Mathematica Hungarica
- 2001 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Publicationes Mathematicae
- 2001
- Life event - Retired
- 2001 - 2013
- Career position - Retired Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
- 2003
- Award - Honorary Doctorate, University of Debrecen, Hungary
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Newman, M. F. (Mike), 'László (Laci) György Kovács 1936 - 2013', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 41 (1) (2014), 33-8. Details
- Newman, M. F. (Mike), 'László (Laci) György Kovács 1936 - 2013', Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, 102 (1) (2017), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1071/S1446788716000823. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 13 March 2018, Last modified: 3 July 2018