About Ivo Lah
Lived 1896 – 1979 (aged 82). Ivo Lah was a Yugoslav mathematician and university teacher, known for Lah numbers.
Ivo Lah (; 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 (present-day Slovenia) on 5 September 1896.
In the 1930s, Lah made the first tables about mortality rates in Slovenia. Lah published Racunske osnovice zivotnog osiguranja in 1947.
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Who was Ivo Lah?
Slovenian mathematician (1896–1979)
When was Ivo Lah born?
Ivo Lah was born on 5 September 1896 in Štrukljeva vas.
When did Ivo Lah die?
Ivo Lah died on 23 March 1979 in Ljubljana.
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Ivo Lah was a mathematician and university teacher.
What was Ivo Lah known for?
Ivo Lah was known for Lah numbers.
What nationality was Ivo Lah?
Ivo Lah was Yugoslav.
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