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Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński was a Polish mathematician. He was known for contributions to set theory, number theory, theory of functions, and topology. He published over 700 papers and 50 books.
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science · Polish mathematician (1882–1969) · mathematician · topologist · university teacher · teacher · also Wacław Sierpiński, Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński, Sierpiński
Born 14 March 1882 · Died 21 October 1969 · Q297206
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A sculpture in the form of a tree inspired by a fractal created by Sierpiński was unveiled at the Wallenberg Square in Stockholm as part of an exhibition organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 10th an
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The Polish Post issued a 6-złoty commemorative stamp featuring Sierpiński as part of the "Polish Mathematicians" series
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Died 1969-10-21.
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Was one of the signatories of the so-called Letter of 34 to Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz regarding freedom of culture
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And republished by Dover Books in 2003; it also has a Russian translation
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As professor at the University of Warsaw, but continued until 1967 to give a seminar on the Theory of Numbers at the Polish Academy of Sciences
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Published “Sur certaines hypothèses concernant les nombres premiers” in Acta Arithmetica — cited 146 times.
Sierpiński was awarded Poland's Scientific Prize, first degree
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux (1947).
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Awarded Stefan Banach Prize (1946).
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Received the Stefan Banach Prize of the Polish Mathematical Society
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Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1939).
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Became vice-chairman of the Warsaw Scientific Society, and that same year was elected chairman of the Polish Mathematical Society
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And that same year was made dean of the faculty at the University of Warsaw
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Sierpiński, together with Zygmunt Janiszewski and his former student Stefan Mazurkiewicz, founded the mathematical journal Fundamenta Mathematicae
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Sierpiński returned to Lwów
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Sierpiński gave the first example of an absolutely normal number
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Sierpiński and his family were in Russia
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Became head of the Faculty of Mathematics at the university
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Gave the first ever lecture course devoted entirely to the subject
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Studied at Jagiellonian University (1906–1908).
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Sierpiński first became interested in set theory when he came across a theorem which stated that points in the plane could be specified with a single coordinate
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Received his doctorate and in 1908 was appointed to the University of Lwów
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Studied at University of Warsaw, doctorate (1899–1904).
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Sierpiński worked as a school teacher of mathematics and physics in Warsaw
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While still at the University of Warsaw, the Department of Mathematics and Physics offered a prize for the best essay from a student on Voronoy's contribution to number theory
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Born 1882-03-14.
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In Warsaw, Congress Poland, to a doctor father Konstanty and mother Ludwika (née Łapińska)
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