Jan Waszkiewicz
Jan Waszkiewicz[1] | |
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Born | Kielce, Poland | June 24, 1944
Died | March 25, 2021 Wrocław, Poland | (aged 77)
Alma mater |
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Known for | Nonclassical logic, History of mathematics |
Awards | The Dicktein Prize of PMS (1991) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Wrocław University of Science and Technology |
Thesis | 'On the theory of products of generalized relational systems (PhD)[2] June 17, 1972[1] Habilitation: Cultural dependencies of the genesis of mathematics January 1, 1990[1] (1972, 1990) |
Doctoral advisor | Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski[3] |
Doctoral students | Anna Sobolewska-Bujwid (PhD-2018), Sławomir Maciejczyk (PhD-2008) |
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Jan Waszkiewicz (June 24, 1944 – March 25, 2021[4])[5] was a Polish politician[6] and regional official, academic, and marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Biography[]
Jan Waszkiewicz graduated from the University of Wrocław in 1966. After graduating, he worked at the Pedagogical University in Opole, then moved to the Wrocław University, where he worked until 1969. For the next three years he was a doctoral student at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. He obtained his doctorate from Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1972, based on the work On the theory of products of generalized relational systems written under the direction Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski.[2] In 1972, he returned to Wrocław and started working at the Wrocław University of Technology. In 1990, he also defended the dissertation Cultural dependencies of the genesis of mathematics before the council of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the Jagiellonian University, obtaining the degree of habilitated doctor[1]. His papers are referenced in the mathematical databases.[7][8] From 2001, he was a professor at the Institute of Organization and Management of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
He was recognized by the Samuel Dickstein Prize[9] of Polish Mathematical Society
Between 1979 and 1990 he was the chief co-editor, together with Kornel Morawiecki of the anti-communist underground newspaper .
Waszkiewicz died of COVID-19 on March 25, 2021, in Wrocław during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "dr hab. Jan Waszkiewicz". Nowa Nauka Polska (in Polish). National Information Processing Institute. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "PhDs at the MI PAS(since 1954)". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Grave record for Jan Waszkiewicz (June 24, 1944 – March 25, 2021), BillionGraves Record 42593394 Wrocław, wrocławski, dolnośląskie, Poland". Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Nie żyje Jan Waszkiewicz" (in Polish). Radio Wrocław. March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ Engelberg, Stephen (April 20, 1990). "Evolution in Europe; Solidarity Meets to Ponder Future". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
- ^ Jan Waszkiewicz (1968). "List of publications in MathSciNet". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ Jan Waszkiewicz (1963). "List of publications in zbMATH". FIZ Karlsruhe GmbH. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Laureates of Samuel Dickstein Prize". Polish Mathematical Society. March 1991. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Engelberg, Stephen (March 25, 2021). "Nie żyje Jan Waszkiewicz". Wroclaw.pl. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- 21st-century Polish mathematicians
- 1944 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Kielce
- Voivodeship marshals of Poland
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
- 20th-century Polish mathematicians
- University of Wrocław alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Lower Silesian Voivodeship
- University of Wrocław faculty
- Jagiellonian University alumni
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology faculty