Wacław Sierpiński was a Polish mathematician known for contributions to set theory, including research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis, and to number theory, the theory of functions and topology. Born in Warsaw in 1882, he took his doctorate at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in 1906 and from 1908 worked at the University of Lwów. He published over 700 papers and 50 books. Three well-known fractals are named after him, the Sierpiński triangle, the Sierpiński carpet and the Sierpiński curve, as are the Sierpiński numbers and the associated Sierpiński problem.
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He was known for contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.
Principal Result: Sierpiński Triangle, Article text
Three well-known fractals are named after him (the Sierpiński triangle, the Sierpiński carpet, and the Sierpiński curve), as are Sierpiński numbers and the associated Sierpiński problem.
Principal Result: Sierpinski Carpet, Article text
Three well-known fractals are named after him (the Sierpiński triangle, the Sierpiński carpet, and the Sierpiński curve), as are Sierpiński numbers and the associated Sierpiński problem.
View the Source2. MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews: Wacław Sierpiński
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14 March 1882
Andrzej Schinzel (Wikipedia)
Mentored: Andrzej Schinzel, Early life and educationQuote, Mentored: Andrzej Schinzel, Early life and education
where he studied under Wacław Sierpiński
Jerzy Neyman (Wikipedia)
Mentored: Jerzy Neyman, Professional career, doctorateQuote, Mentored: Jerzy Neyman, Professional career, doctorate
written under the supervision of Wacław Sierpiński
Number Theory Web: Jerzy Browkin (obituary)
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He wrote his doctoral thesis under the direction of Professor Waclaw Sierpinski.
Kazimierz Zarankiewicz (Wikipedia)
Mentored: Kazimierz Zarankiewicz, Biography, doctorateQuote, Mentored: Kazimierz Zarankiewicz, Biography, doctorate
written under the supervision of Wacław Sierpiński
Stefan Mazurkiewicz (Wikipedia)
Mentored: Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Life and careerQuote, Mentored: Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Life and career
under Wacław Sierpiński
Wikipedia: Sierpinski carpet
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first described by Wacław Sierpiński in 1916
Inaccessible cardinal (Wikipedia)
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Strongly inaccessible cardinals were introduced by Sierpiński & Tarski (1930) and Zermelo (1930)
Equidistribution theorem (Wikipedia)
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While this theorem was proved in 1909 and 1910 separately by Hermann Weyl, Wacław Sierpiński and Piers Bohl, variants of this theorem continue to be studied to this day.
Sierpiński Triangle (Wikipedia)
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It is named after the Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński but appeared as a decorative pattern many centuries before the work of Sierpiński.
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