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He was born in Selanik
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His family migrated to Istanbul with the outbereak of the Balkan War.Upon receiving a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education he continued his education in Paris and graduated from Ecole Normale Superieure.Returning to Turkey, he taught mathematics at Galatasaray Lisesi.
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In 1933 he joined the Mathematics Department of Istanbul University.
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He went to Gottingen, where he received his PhD from the University of Gottingen and he worked with Helmut Hasse.
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He received Inonu Award.
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In 1962,he worked for of Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK).
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he joined the Mathematics Department of Robert College in Istanbul..
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From 1964 untill 1966,He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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He received Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TBTAK) Science Award in 1974
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He joined the Mathematics Department of the Middle East Technical University and continued his studies there until his retirement
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He was the president of the Turkish Mathematical Society from 1985 until 1989.
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He received Commandeur des Palmes Academiques (France).
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Cahit Arf died in Istanbul, at the age of 87. Arf's influence on Turkish Mathematics was profound.He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse-Arf theorem in ramification theory, and Arf rings.
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The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey announced that a picture of Cahit Arf will adorn the new 10 TL banknote, making him one of the few scientists to have ever been honored this way in Turkish history.
