“Good mathematicians see analogies between theorems or theories, the very best ones see analogies between analogies.”
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Stefan Banach
Stefan Banach was a Polish mathematician who is generally considered one of the 20th century's most important and influential mathematicians. He was one of the founders of modern functional analysis, and an original member of the Lwów School of Mathematics. His major work was the 1932 book, Théorie des opérations linéaires, the first monograph on the general theory of functional analysis.
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Born 30 March 1892 · Died 31 August 1945 · Q180217
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2026· 2 entries
“Banach was my greatest scientific discovery.”
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2022· 1 entry
Google Doodle commemorated the 100th anniversary of Banach receiving his title of professor
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2021· 1 entry
One of the episodes of Polish documentary TV series Geniusze i marzyciele (Geniuses and Dreamers) aired on TVP1 and TVP Dokument channels was devoted to Stefan Banach
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2020· 1 entry
Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,051 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Polish entomologist Marcin Kamiński named a newly discovered species of South African darkling beetle, Machleida banachi, in honor of the mathematician Stefan Banach and his contributions to science
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (2018).
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At a ceremony held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, Polish President Andrzej Duda posthumously conferred the country's highest distinction, the Order of the Whi
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2016· 1 entry
A commemorative bench featuring Banach and Otto Nikodym was unveiled in Kraków's Planty Park on the 100th anniversary of the conversation the two mathematicians held when they first met Hugo Steinhaus, which proved instr
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2012· 1 entry
The National Bank of Poland celebrated the mathematician's achievements by issuing a series of commemorative coins designed by Robert Kotowicz (golden 200-zloty coin, silver 10-zloty coin and Nordic Gold 2-zloty coin)
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2001· 1 entry
A minor planet 16856 Banach, discovered by Paul Comba in 1997, was named after him
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1992· 1 entry
The Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences established a special Stefan Banach Medal for outstanding achievements in mathematical sciences
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1982· 1 entry
The Polish Post issued a 15-zloty commemorative stamp featuring Banach as part of the "Polish Mathematicians" series
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1946· 1 entry
The Stefan Banach Prize (Polish: Nagroda im
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1945· 4 entries
Died 1945-08-31.
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“Opis: o pracy doktorskiej i egzaminie Stefana Banacha.”
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“Opis: o pracy Stefana Banacha i Lwowskiej Szkole Matematycznej.”
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“Opis: o pracy Stefana Banacha u prof. Rudolfa Weigla jako karmiciel wszy podczas okupacji niemieckiej we Lwowie.”
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1941· 1 entry
During Operation Barbarossa, all universities were closed and Banach, along with many colleagues and his son, was employed as a lice feeder at Professor Rudolf Weigl's Typhus Research Institute
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1940· 1 entry
Was appointed by the Soviets as a member of the Lviv City Council
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1931· 1 entry
The next year it was also translated into French and gained wider recognition in European academic circles
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1929· 1 entry
The group began publishing its own journal, Studia Mathematica, devoted primarily to Banach's field of study—functional analysis
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1927· 1 entry
Banach received his own chair
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1924· 1 entry
Was accepted as a member of the Polish Academy of Learning
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1922· 1 entry
To become a professor at the Lwów Polytechnic
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1920· 5 entries
Studied at Jagiellonian University (1916–1920).
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Axiomatically defined what is today called a Banach space
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And published in 1922, formally axiomatized the concept of a complete normed vector space and laid the foundations for the area of functional analysis
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Received an assistantship at the Lwów Polytechnic, subsequently becoming a professor in 1922 and a member of the Polish Academy of Learning in 1924
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And published in 1922, included the basic ideas of functional analysis, which was soon to become an entirely new branch of mathematics
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1919· 1 entry
And later published the scientific journal Studia Mathematica
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1918· 1 entry
Banach was given an assistantship at the Lwów Polytechnic
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1916· 2 entries
“Opis: o pierwszym spotkaniu ze Stefanem Banachem w 1916.”
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In Kraków's Planty park, Banach encountered Professor Hugo Steinhaus, one of the renowned mathematicians of the time
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1913· 1 entry
Studied at Lviv Polytechnic (1911–1913).
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1910· 2 entries
Studied at IV Liceum i Gimnazjum im. Henryka Sienkiewicza w Krakowie (1902–1910).
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Banach moved to Lwów (today called Lviv) with the intention of studying at the Lwów Polytechnic
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1902· 1 entry
Banach, aged 10, enrolled in Kraków's IV Gymnasium (the predecessor of Jan III Sobieski High School)
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1892· 1 entry
Born 1892-03-30.
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