International Banach Center for Mathematics
The International Banach Center for Mathematics ( Polish : Międzynarodowe Centrum Matematyczne im. S. Banacha ), or Banach Center for short , is a mathematical research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences named after the Polish mathematician Stefan Banach . The aim of the Banach Center is to promote international cooperation in the field of mathematics.
On January 13, 1972, the Banach Center was founded with its headquarters in Warsaw ( ul. Śniadeckich 8 ). Founding members were science academies in Central and Eastern Europe, namely the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences , the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin , the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , the Polish Academy of Sciences , the Romanian Academy and the Academy of Sciences the USSR . Other countries later joined, Vietnam in 1979, Cuba in 1984 and North Korea in 1986.
The aim of the Banach Center is to promote international cooperation in the field of mathematics, especially between East and West. It is led by a director and an international scientific council that is responsible for the scientific program.
In the first twenty years (1972–1992), the Banach Center, under the direction of Czesław Olech, gained worldwide recognition as a center for the collaboration of mathematicians from around the world. From 1992 to 2002 Bogdan Boyarsky was director. During this term of office, the original agreement of the founding members was terminated (1993) and replaced by new activities, in particular in collaboration with the European Mathematical Society . These include workshops, symposia, conferences and research groups, with particular emphasis on the cooperation of different mathematical fields and interdisciplinary events. The Banach Center has been headed by Stanisław Janeczko since 2002 .