Biography:Ivo Lah
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Ivo Lah | |
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Born | Štrukljeva Vas, near Cerknica, Austria-Hungary | 5 September 1896
Died | 23 March 1979 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | (aged 82)
Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Known for | Lah numbers |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, statistics |
Ivo Lah (pronounced [ˈiːʋɔ ˈlax]; 5 September 1896 – 23 March 1979) was a Slovenian mathematician and actuary, best known for his discovery of the Lah numbers in 1955 and for the Lah identity. In the 1930s, Lah made the first tables about mortality rates in Slovenia.
Biography
Ivo Lah was born in Štrukljeva Vas near Cerknica, Austria-Hungary on 5 September 1896.[1]
In the 1930s, Lah made the first tables about mortality rates in Slovenia.[2] Lah published Racunske osnovice zivotnog osiguranja in 1947.[1]
Lah died at Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (both of which are in present-day Republic of Slovenia).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tomaz Pisanski (2002). Ivo Lah. MacTutor History of Mathematics; accessed 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Berlec, Metod (4 March 2019). "Dr. Janez Malačič: Pri nas je rodnost približno za tretjino prenizka glede na tisto, ki bi bila potrebna, da bi se prebivalstvo normalno obnavljalo!". http://www.demokracija.si/fokus/dr-janez-malacic-pri-nas-je-rodnost-priblizno-za-tretjino-prenizka-glede-na-tisto-ki-bi-bila-potrebna-da-bi-se-prebivalstvo-normalno-obnavljalo.html.