Mathematician:Stefan Mazurkiewicz

Mathematician

Polish mathematician who worked in mathematical analysis, topology and probability.

Nationality

Polish

History

• Born: 25 September 1888 in Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)
• Died: 19 June 1945 in Grodzisk, Mazowiecki (near Warsaw), Poland

Theorems and Definitions

• Hahn-Mazurkiewicz Theorem (with Hans Hahn)

Publications

• 1920: took over the editorship of the journal Fundamenta Mathematicae (with Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Stefan Mazurkiewicz": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive