Fakulta Prírodných vied UMB


Department of Mathematics

Where to find us

KM FPV UMB
Tajovského 40
974 01 Banská Bystrica

Department profile

Department of Mathematics got the highest ranking A during the last evaluation of Slovak higher education institutions by the Accreditation Commission (http://www.akredkom.sk/zapis/444fo/priloha5.pdf, p. 40). Mathematics research at the department is done in various areas - dynamical systems, information-theoretic methods in mathematical statistics, combinatorics and graph theory, theory of fuzzy sets, algebra, theory of mathematical education, etc.

The department offers several accredited study programs. Two Bachelor programs - Mathematics, and Mathematics teacher education in combination with another subject; four Master programs - Mathematical statistics and financial mathematics, Mathematics for computer science, Mathematics teacher education, and Mathematics teacher education in combination with another subject; and three Doctoral programs - Mathematical analysis, Probability and mathematical statistics, and Theory of mathematical education.

Thanks to rich collaboration of the members of the department with mathematical and higher education institutions abroad, best students of master and doctoral programs have an opportunity to take part of the studies via program Erasmus at University of Murcia (Spain) or Charles Univesity in Prague (Czechia).

Since 1993, the department publishes a journal Acta Universitatis M. Belii, Series Mathematics indexed by Math. Reviews a Zentralblatt Math. The library of the department is well equipped and is being updated regularly.

The department has its own computer lab used for teaching as well as for individual work by students. Among programs installed at the computers are MAPLE, statistical system SPSS, programs R, Java, C, C++, typographical system TeX, etc. There is also a multimedia teaching room with the virtual conference technology EVO (Enabling Virtual Organizations).

Members of the department

Mgr. Vladimír Kobza, PhD.

Mgr. Vladimír Kobza, PhD.

Head of department

Position:
Scholarly assistant
Office:
231
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Janiš, CSc.

prof. RNDr. Vladimír Janiš, CSc.

Deputy Head of Department, University teacher

Position:
Professor
Office:
228
prof. RNDr. Pavol Hanzel, CSc.

prof. RNDr. Pavol Hanzel, CSc.

University teacher

Position:
Professor
Office:
226/c
prof. RNDr. Miroslav Haviar, CSc.

prof. RNDr. Miroslav Haviar, CSc.

University teacher

Position:
Professor
Office:
227
prof. RNDr. Ľubomír Snoha, DSc., DrSc.

prof. RNDr. Ľubomír Snoha, DSc., DrSc.

University teacher

Position:
Professor
Office:
229
doc. RNDr. Matúš Dirbák, PhD.

doc. RNDr. Matúš Dirbák, PhD.

University teacher

Position:
Prelector
Office:
226b
doc. RNDr. Roman Hric, PhD.

doc. RNDr. Roman Hric, PhD.

University teacher

Position:
Prelector
Office:
230
doc. PaedDr. Martin Papčo, PhD.

doc. PaedDr. Martin Papčo, PhD.

University teacher, profesijné zamerania: pravdepodobnosť a štatistika, geometria

Position:
Prelector
Office:
F226/c
doc. RNDr. Vladimír Špitalský, PhD.

doc. RNDr. Vladimír Špitalský, PhD.

University teacher

Position:
Prelector
Office:
226C
Mgr. Lukáš Lafférs, PhD.

Mgr. Lukáš Lafférs, PhD.

University teacher

Position:
Scholarly assistant
Office:
226A
Mgr. Michaela Mihoková, PhD.

Mgr. Michaela Mihoková, PhD.

University teacher

Position:
Scholarly assistant
Office:
238
Gavaldová Katarína

Gavaldová Katarína

Assistant

Position:
non-pedagogic employee
Office:
133

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