Kazimierz Zarankiewicz
Zarankiewicz's grave in the Powązki cemetery
Kazimierz Zarankiewicz (born May 2, 1902 in Częstochowa , † September 5, 1959 in London ) was a Polish mathematician . His main interests were topology , complex numbers, and number theory .
He studied at Warsaw University with such well-known mathematicians as Zygmunt Janiszewski , Mazurkiewicz , Sierpiński , Kuratowski and Stanisław Saks . During the Second World War he was deported to a concentration camp for attending the underground university. From 1957 he was Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Kazimierz Zarankiewicz. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Short biography
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| SURNAME | Zarankiewicz, Kazimierz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Czestochowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1959 |
| Place of death | London |