African University of Science & Technology

Prof. Octavian Agratini (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania)

Education

Prof. O. Agratini

  • Faculty of Mathematics, Cluj-Napoca (1977-1981)
  • Specialization in Numerical Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics, Cluj-Napoca (1981-1982)

Professional Experience

  • Present Employer: "Babes-Bolyai" University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Numerical and Statistical Calculus, 1991 - present
  • Research Areas: Operator Theory, Approximation Theory, Probabilities and Statistics
  • Present Position: Full Professor, October 1st, 2002.
  • Membership: Member of the American Mathematical Society

Visiting Professor: Tishreen Univ., Latakia (2008); Ankara Univ. (2007); Vienna Univ. of Technology in the frame of Central European Initiative (2006); Univ. of Bari in the frame of Socrates Programme (2000 and 2002).

Recent Conferences

  • MASSEE International Congress on Mathematics, MICOM 2006, Paphos, Cyprus, May 31 - June 4, 2006.
  • International Conference on Functional Analysis, Operator Theory and Applications, Mondello (Palermo), Italy, September 19 - 25, 2005.
  • The 5th International Conference on Functional Analysis and Approximation Theory, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, June 16 - 23, 2004.
  • 5.The 5th Joint Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science, Debrecen, Hungary, June 9 - 12, 2004.
  • Advances in Constructive Approximation: Vanderbilt 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, May 14 - 17, 2003.

Selected Publications

  • "On the iterates of a class of summation-type linear positive operators", Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Vol. 55, Number 6, 2008, 1178-1180. Agratini, O.
  • "On the variation detracting property of a class of operators", Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 19, 2006, Issue 11, 1261-1264. Agratini, O.
  • "Linear operators that preserve some test functions", International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 2006, Article ID 94136, pages 1-11. Agratini, O.
  • "On the rate of convergence of some integral operators for functions of bounded variation", Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica, Vol. 42, 2, 2005, 235 – 252. Agratini, O.
  • "Rate of convergence of a class of Bezier type operators for functions of bounded variation", In: Supplemento ai Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Serie II, numero 76, pp. 177-195, 2005 -Proceedings of the 5-th International Conference on Functional Analysis and Approximation Theory, Acquafredda di Maratea, (Potenza- Italy), June 16-23, 2004.
    Agratini, O.