ACTA UNIVERSITATIS APULENSIS .... No 1 5 slash 2008 \noindenthline ACTA UNIVERSITATIS APULENSIS \ h f i l l No 1 5 / 2008 HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR \ [ GHEORGHE\ r u l e {3em}{ GALBUR0.4 pt }\ to] the power of A-breve Adrian .. ConstantinescuACTA UNIVERSITATIS APULENSIS No 1 5 / 2008 On .. 1 1 .. of August 2007 passed away in Bucharest the .. dean .. of age of the \ centerlinemathematicians{HOMAGE from Romania TO THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR } Professor Dr period Doc period .. Gheorghe GALBUR to the power of A-breve \ [Professor GHEORGHE at the GALBUR FacultyHOMAGE of ˆ{\ Mathematicsbreve{ TOA}}\ and THE Computer] MEMORY Science of theOF Univer PROFESSOR hyphen s ity of Bucharest comma Honorary Member of the Institute of Mathematics quotedblright .... 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