Władysław Ślebodziński

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Władysław Ślebodziński
Władysław Ślebodziński.jpg
Ślebodziński in 1938
Born(1884-02-06)6 February 1884
Pysznica in Poland
Died3 January 1972(1972-01-03) (aged 87)
Alma materWrocław University
Known forDifferential Geometry
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWrocław University, Wrocław University of Technology
Doctoral advisorKazimierz Żorawski[1]
Doctoral students (1947); (1957), (1960), (1961), Henryk Boroch (1962), (1963), Marek Rochowski (1964), Stanisław Fudali (1967), Mieczysław Kłeczek (1967), Engelbert Dornfeld (1969), Hanna Matuszczyk (1971)

Władysław Ślebodziński (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ɕlɛbɔˈdʑiɲskʲi]) (February 6, 1884 – January 3, 1972) was a Polish mathematician.

Władysław Ślebodziński was born in Pysznica, Poland and educated at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (1903-1908) where he subsequently held a teaching position until 1921.[2] After 1921, he lectured at the State High School of Mechanical Engineering Poznań and in the thirties, he was a visiting lecturer at the Poznań University and Warsaw University until 1939. During the Second World War, he gave underground lectures, leading to his imprisonment. He survived three German concentration camps: Auschwitz (1942 - 1945), where he gave underground university-level lectures as prisoner no. 79053, Gross-Rosen and Nordhausen.[citation needed]

In 1945 he became a joint professor at Wrocław University and at the Wrocław University of Technology, and from 1951 he was a professor at the Wrocław University of Technology. With Bronisław Knaster, Edward Marczewski and Hugo Steinhaus, he was a co-founder of the mathematical journal .

From 1949 until 1960, he was a Professor of the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Władysław Ślebodziński's main interest was differential geometry. In 1931,[3] he introduced the definition of the Lie derivative, although according to J.A. Schouten,[4] the term Lie derivative occurred first in a two-part paper by van Dantzig.[5] He was the advisor of 11 PhD theses.[1] He was also doctor honoris causa at the Wrocław University of Technology (1965), at the Poznań University of Technology (1967), and at the Wrocław University (1970). Prof. Ślebodziński was a member, President (1961-1963) and honorary member of the Polish Mathematical Society.

He died in Wrocław in 1972 and is buried in the Wrocław, Cemetery Sępolno.[6]

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Władysław Ślebodziński in Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  2. ^ Langner-Matuszczykowa, Hanna. "Władysław Ślebodziński -- matematyk, więzień KL Auschwitz Nr 29053". Śląska Republika Uczonych - Schlesische Gelehrtenrepublik - Slezzka vedecka obec. Neiss Verlag (Dresden); Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT - Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe (Wrocław). VII (2016): 399–425. ISSN 1733-2699.
  3. ^ Ślebodziński W. (1931), Sur les équations de Hamilton, Bull. Acad. Roy. d. Belg. 17 (5) pp. 864-870
  4. ^ Schouten J.A. (1954), Ricci-Calculus, Springer-Verlag, page 105
  5. ^ Dantzig D. van (1932) Zur allgemeinen projektiven Differentialgeometrie I, II. , Proc. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 35 pp. 524-534; pp. 535-542
  6. ^ "Grave record for Władysław Ślebodziński (6 Feb 1884 - 3 Jan 1972), BillionGraves Record 16763151 Wrocław, wrocławski, dolnośląskie, Poland". Retrieved 2021-02-24.

References[]

  • Yano K. (1957). The Theory of Lie Derivatives and its Applications. North-Holland. ISBN 978-0-7204-2104-0. Classical approach using coordinates.


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