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Lyubomir Lalov Ivanov is a Bulgarian mathematician, geographer, linguist and politician.
Lyubomir Ivanov | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Bulgarian |
Citizenship | Bulgarian |
Alma mater | Sofia University |
Spouse | Penka Dobreva |
Scientific career | |
Fields | mathematics, geography, linguistics |
Institutions | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
Thesis | Iterative Operative Spaces (1980) |
Doctoral advisor | Dimiter Skordev |
Chairman of the "Mathematical Logic" section at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1990-2011). Chairman of the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission since 1994,[1] and national representative to the International Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information.[2] President of the Manfred Wörner Foundation since 1994. Chairman of the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria (2001–2009).[3]
Lyubomir Ivanov was born on 7 October 1952 in Sofia. In the period 1986-1988 he organized a successful dissident campaign against the candidacy of Sofia for hosting in the city and adjacent Vitosha Mountain the Winter Olympics of 1992 and 1994.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
He was an activist of the independent association Ecoglasnost in 1989. Author of Charter '89 for the preservation of Bulgarian natural heritage.[12] Co-founder of the association Wilderness Fund[13] and the Green Party, 1989. Participant in the National Round Table, 1990.[14] Member of the National Coordination Council of the Union of Democratic Forces (1990-1991).[15] Member of the VII Grand National Assembly.[16] He authored scientific works in the field of mathematics, linguistics and toponymy,[17] which have been applied in particular in designing the Streamlined System for the Romanization of Bulgarian.[18] Ivanov suggests using his approach to Cyrillic transliteration also for other alphabets, notably Russian.[19] Participant in several Antarctic expeditions[20][21][22] and author of the first Bulgarian topographic maps of Antarctica.[23] Leader of the topographic survey Tangra 2004/05, noted by Discovery Channel as a timeline event in Antarctic exploration.[24][25]
In 1987 he was awarded the prize Nikola Obreshkov – the highest national award for achievements in mathematics,[26][27] given for his monograph Algebraic Recursion Theory.[28] UNHCR Award for his contribution to refugee studies.[29][30][31][32]
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