Karlis Zalts
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Karlis Zalts | |
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| Born | March 10, 1885 |
| Died | 1953 (aged 67–68) Riga, Latvia |
| Citizenship | Latvian |
| Known for | Mechanical calculators, statistics and nomography, folklore, education, and philosophy |
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| Fields | Mathematician |
Karlis Zalts (10 March 1885 – 1953) was a Latvian mathematician with wide-ranging interests in topics such as mechanical calculators, statistics and nomography as well as folklore, education, and philosophy. His publications on folklore prevented him from publishing after 1946 by the Soviet Union.
Karlis Zalts studied at the Real Gymnasium in Jelgava southwest of Riga and graduated in 1904 and then went to Ukraine to study engineering at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. After graduating in 1912 he continued on there to teach. After Latvia became an independent country in 1918 Zalts decided to return to Latvia in 1921 with an appointment at the University of Latvia in Riga. To teach mathematics to engineering students until 1938. In 1928 he wanted to do mathematical research so he went back to school to graduate in mathematics in 1937 with a master's degree in nomography. He continued on to teach mathematics. The University of Latvia stayed in operation during the Second World War and Zalts started his research towards his thesis. He was awarded his doctorate in February 1944 for his thesis on the geometry of deformations.[1][2]
