Valentin Vornicu
Valentin Vornicu | |
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 Valentin Vornicu at the 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 | |
| Born | Valentin Vornicu
June 13, 1983 Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Citizenship | Romanian |
| Known for | MathLinks, Art of Problem Solving, Vornicu-Schur theorem |
| Awards | Bronze Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Art of Problem Solving, MathLinks |
Valentin Vornicu is a mathematician, semi-professional midstakes poker player, and software engineer, formerly at Google, with 13 World Series of Poker circuit rings. Valentin is from Romania and now resides in San Diego, California. Vornicu is the founder of MathLinks, an educational resource company. Before founding MathLinks, he worked as a full-stack engineer for Art of Problem Solving.[1]
Mathematics and education[edit]
Valentin Vornicu was a part of the Romanian team for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in 2001 and 2002.[2] In 2002 he earned a bronze medal at the IMO. He graduated at the University of Bucharest in 2006, and got his Master's Degree in Algebra and Number Theory at the same University in 2008.[3] Vornicu also, in 2007, discovered a generalized form of Schur's inequality, usually cited on online forums as "Vornicu-Schur inequality", which he published in a problem-solving book titled Olimpiada de Matematica.[4]
Poker[edit]
Vornicu is holding 13 titles at the amateur tour, that account for circuit rings, with his biggest score coming in 2015 for $197,110.[5]
In July 2016, he finishing 23rd in the 2016 World Professional Poker Championship for $269,430 in an event of which he held the lead after day 2.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^ Math Web Links
- ^ "Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable".
- ^ www.edu.ro :: Valentin Vornicu - asistent personal al ministrului si educatiei si cercetarii pentru relatia cu olimpicii romani
- ^ Vornicu, Valentin; Olimpiada de Matematica... de la provocare la experienta; GIL Publishing House; Zalau, Romania.
- ^ "Valentin Vornicu Wins Record 11th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring".
- ^ "VALENTIN VORNICU RUSHES TO HEAD OF THE PACK IN 2016 WSOP MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP".
- ^ "$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event #68)".
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