Loading AI tools
Czech scientist and professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Petr Hájek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈɦaːjɛk]; 6 February 1940 – 26 December 2016) was a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic[1] and a professor of mathematics. Born in Prague, he worked at the Institute of Computer Science at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and as a lecturer at the faculty of mathematics and physics at the Charles University in Prague and at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
Petr Hájek studied at the faculty of mathematics and physics of the Charles University in Prague.[2] Influenced by Petr Vopěnka, he specialized in set theory and arithmetic, and later also in logic and artificial intelligence.[3] He contributed to establishing the mathematical fundamentals of fuzzy logic.[3] Following the Velvet Revolution, he was appointed a senior lecturer (1993) and a professor (1997).[2] From 1992 to 2000 he held the position of chairman of the Institute of Computer Science at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.[2] From 1996 to 2003 he was also president of the Kurt Gödel Society.[4]
Later, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he studied the pipe organ under Jiří Reinberger to become an organ player in a church.[5]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.