Ivo Lah

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Ivo Lah
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Born(1896-09-05)5 September 1896
Died23 March 1979(1979-03-23) (aged 82)
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Known forLah numbers
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, 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 . 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. ^ Jump up to: a b c Tomaz Pisanski (2002). Ivo Lah. MacTutor History of Mathematics; accessed 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ 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!" (in Slovenian). Retrieved September 9, 2019.
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