Marek Fila | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 April 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia | (aged 63)
Occupation | Professor of Mathematics |
Children | 2, including Lukáš Fila |
Parent(s) |
Rudolf Fila Dorota Filová |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Comenius University |
Doctoral advisor | Pavol Brunovský |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics |
Sub-discipline | Diffusion equations, partial differential equations |
Institutions | Comenius University |
Marek Fila (29 August 1959 – 20 April 2023) [1] was a Slovak mathematician. His main research focus was diffusion equations and partial differential equations. He was among the most productive scientists in Slovakia. [2]
Fila was born in Bratislava to an artistic family. His father was the painter Rudolf Fila and his mother Dorota Filová was a well-known renovator of medieval art. [3]
Fila studied Mathematics at the Comenius University, graduating in 1989. His doctoral advisor was Pavol Brunovský. [4] Following his graduation, he remained at the university and became a full professor in 2008. [5] In the 1990s, he was a visiting researcher at the Iowa State University and later a recurrent visitor at the University of Tokyo. [3] He founded the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Comenius University and led it for 11 years. [6]
Fila had two children; son Lukáš Fila, who is a journalist and musician, and daughter Natália, who is an architect. [3]
Fila's death was announced by his department on the faculty website on 23 April 2023. [6]