Cahit Arf was born in Thessaloniki in 1910 . With the start of the Balkan Wars , his family emigrated to Istanbul . After moving for a while , he moved to İzmir when he was in the 5th grade of primary school . Thanks to a teacher he met here , he became interested in mathematics . Arf ’ s talent , which solves the questions that his friends cannot solve during his high school years , was noticed by his family and he was sent to France St . Louis High School to study . After Completing the 3 year high school in 2 years , he