Mircea Puta

Mircea Puta (February 1, 1950 &mdash;July 26, 2007) was a Romanian mathematician, the 1983 recipient of the Simion Stoilow Prize of the Romanian Academy. He is the author of over 190 articles and two books.

Puta started his undergraduate studies at West University of Timișoara in 1969, graduating in 1974. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1979, under the supervision of Dan Papuc, after which he joined the faculty at his alma mater, becoming a Professor in 1993.