Zdeněk Hedrlín

Zdeněk Hedrlín (1933 – April 22, 2018) was a Czech mathematician, specializing in universal algebra and combinatorial theory, both in pure and applied mathematics.

Zdeněk Hedrlín received his PhD from Prague's Charles University in 1963. His thesis on commutative semigroups was supervised by Miroslav Katětov. Hedrlín held the title of Docent (associated professor) at Charles University, working at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics for over 60 years until he died at age 85. He was among the first Czech mathematicians to do research on category theory.

In 1970 Hedrlín was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice. In the later part of his career, he focused on applications of relational structures and led very successful special and interdisciplinary seminars. Applications to biological cell behavior earned him and his students a European grant. His Erdős number is 1. His doctoral students include Vojtěch Rödl and Svatopluk Poljak.

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