American Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

American Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics is a peer-reviewed international journal. This journal publishes significant research papers from all branches of applied mathematical and computational sciences. It publishes original papers of high scientific value in all areas of computational and applied mathematics.


Adrian Nicolae Branga

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Research Areas

Applied Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, Spline Functions, Finite Element Method, Engineering Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Optimization Methods, Biostatistics, Statistical Bioinformatics, Mathematical Physics

Publications: Journals

[1]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Mugur Acu, A remarkable equality referring to spline functions in Hilbert spaces, Filomat, ISSN 0354-5180, vol. 24, no. 4, pp 121-127, 2010. (Thomson Reuters - Web of Science Core Collection - Science Citation Index Expanded)
[2]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Natural splines of Birkhoff type and optimal approximation, Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications, ISSN 1521-1398, vol. 7, no. 1, pp 81-88, 2005. (Thomson Reuters - Web of Science Core Collection - Science Citation Index Expanded)
[3]  Eugen Constantinescu, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Applications of the improved Fejer’s sum, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 20, no. 5, pp 31–36, 2012. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[4]  Ion Marian Olaru, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Anca Oprea, Common fixed point results in b-cone metric spaces over topological vector spaces, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 20, no. 1, pp 57–67, 2012. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[5]  Ion Marian Olaru, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Common fixed point results in b-K-metric spaces, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 19, no. 4, pp 51-59, 2011. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[6]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Eugen Constantinescu, On a property of the spline functions, Journal of Science and Arts, ISSN 1844-9581, vol. 11, no. 4 (17), pp 413-416, 2011. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[7]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A generalization of some classical quadrature formulas, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221- 5023, vol. 18, no. 1, pp 19-23, 2010. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[8]  Mugur Acu, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Daniel Breaz, Nicoleta Breaz, Eugen Constantinescu, Alina Totoi, On some integral operators on analytic functions, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 17, no. 4, pp 205-210, 2009. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[9]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A structural theorem of the generalized spline functions, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221- 5023, vol. 17, no. 2, pp 135-143, 2009. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[10]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A best approximation property of the generalized spline functions, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 16, no. 4, pp 25-33, 2008. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[11]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Development in series of orthogonal polynomials with applications in optimization, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 15, no. 1, pp 101-110, 2007. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[12]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Spline functions with applications to optimal approximation, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 14, no. 4, pp 135-146, 2006. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[13]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Optimal approximation of linear functionals using natural splines of Hermite type, Buletinul Ştiinţific al Universităţii Politehnica din Timişoara, seria Matematică- Fizică, ISSN 1224-6069, pp. 23-30, 1999. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[14]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, On Hermite interpolation formula, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 6, pp 11-15, 1998. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[15]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A fundamental property of B-splines, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 4, pp 33- 39, 1996. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[16]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A property of divided differences with multiple nodes, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221- 5023, vol. 4, pp 21-32, 1996. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[17]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Some properties of interpolating polynomials, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 3, no. 1-2, pp 29-40, 1995. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)
[18]  Adrian Nicoale Branga, A sufficient condition for univalence, General Mathematics, ISSN 1221-5023, vol. 2, no. 3, pp 145-150, 1994. (IBD: Zentralblatt Math)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Eugen Constantinescu, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Solving a certain extremal problem with polynomials, Proceedings of „The Thirteenth International Conference on Mathematics and its Applications – ICMA 2012” (Eds: I. Cuculescu, J. Jarić, P. Găvruţa, I. Goleţ, L. Cădariu), Politehnica University Publishing House, Timişoara, ISSN 1224-6069, pp 77-82, 2013.
[2]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A necessary and sufficient condition for characterization of spline functions, Proceedings of „The Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Applications”, Ovidius University Publishing House, Constanţa, ISSN 1584-5990, pp 231-236, 2009.
[3]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, An inequality for generalized spline functions, Proceedings of „The Fifth International Symposium on Mathematical Inequalities” (Eds: E. C. Popa, D. Acu, A. M. Acu, F. Sofonea), Lucian Blaga University Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-739-740-9, pp 33-39, 2008.
[4]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, A new property of B-spline functions, Mathematical Analysis and Approximation Theory, Proceedings of „The Fifth Romanian-German Seminar on Approximation Theory and its Applications” (Eds: Al. Lupaş, H. Gonska, L. Lupaş), Burg Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 973-85647-4-3, pp 45-50, 2002.
[5]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Natural splines and optimal approximation, Schriftenreihe des Fachbereichs Mathematik der Gerhard-Mercator Universität, Proceedings of „The Fourth Romanian-German Seminar on Approximation Theory and its Applications” (Eds: H. Gonska, D. Kacsó, L. Beutel), Gerhard-Mercator University Publishing House, Duisburg, SM-DU- 485, pp 26-33, 2000.
[6]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, An optimal property of the Chebyshev polynomials, Proceedings of „The Seventh Symposium of Mathematics and its Applications” (Eds: N. Boja), Politehnica University Publishing House, Timişoara, ISSN 1224- 6069, pp 61-66, 1997.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Adrian Nicoale Branga, Advanced numerical computation, Lucian Blaga University Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-606-12-0917-0, 200 pg, 2014.
[2]  Adrian Nicoale Branga, Numerical methods, vol. 1, Alma Mater Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 978-973-632-793-3, ISBN vol. 978-973-632-794-0, 202 pg, 2013.
[3]  Adrian Nicoale Branga, Approximation and optimization by spline functions, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 978-973-133-550-6, 350 pg, 2009.
[4]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Silviu Crăciunaş, Nicolae Secelean, Functional analysis and approximation theory, Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 978-973-133-545-2, 303 pg, 2009.
[5]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Dana Simian, The Radon transform and applications, Transilvania University Publishing House, Braşov, ISBN 973-635-338-9, 121 pg, 2004.
[6]  Adrian Nicolae Branga, Programming problems, Lucian Blaga University Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 973-651-020- 4, 376 pg, 1999.
[7]  Emil Marin Popa, Adrian Nicolae Branga, The C/C++ programming language: theory and programs, Lucian Blaga University Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 973-95604-1-4, 260 pg, 1997.
[8]  Alexandru Lupaş, Florin Sofonea, Adrian Nicolae Branga, Numerical analysis: algorithms and problems, Lucian Blaga University Publishing House, Sibiu, ISBN 973-9280-39-0, 142 pg, 1997.