Mihailo Petrović Alas, was a Serbian mathematician and inventor. He was also a distinguished professor at Belgrade University, an academic, fisherman, philosopher, writer, publicist, musician, businessman, traveler and volunteer in the Balkan Wars, the First and Second World Wars. He was a student of Henri Poincaré, Paul Painlevé, Charles Hermite and Émile Picard. Petrović contributed significantly to the study of differential equations and phenomenology, founded engineering mathematics in Serbia, and invented one of the first prototypes of a hydraulic analog computer.
Petrovic in 1905
Personal items of Mihailo Petrović
Bust of Mika Alas
Mika Alas's House on Kosančićev Venac
The University of Belgrade is a public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.
University of Belgrade in 1890
First professors of the University of Belgrade (1905).
Administration and governance building (included in Serbia's register of most important historic buildings)
The Belgrade University Library, a Carnegie library, with over 1.5 million items