Helena Rasiowa
Helena Rasiowa (born June 20, 1917 in Vienna ; † August 9, 1994 in Warsaw ) was a Polish mathematician.
Life
Helena Rasiowa was born in Vienna. Her parents were both Polish and moved to independent Poland in 1918 . Since 1938 she studied at the University of Warsaw , underground during wartime when the university had been closed by the Nazis. After the war she initially worked as a teacher, but was then persuaded to return to the university by Andrzej Mostowski , from whom she received her doctorate in 1950 with the dissertation " Algebraic Treatment of the Functional Calculus of Lewis and Heyting ". In 1957 she was appointed associate professor at the University of Warsaw, and in 1967 full professor.
Rasiowa dealt with algebraic logic and the fundamentals of mathematics . She was a member of the Polish Mathematical Society . The Rasiowa-Sikorski lemma is associated with her name.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helena Rasiowa in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Helena Rasiowa. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rasiowa, Helena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1994 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |