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STEFAN BANACH PRIZE IN BRIEF |
The International Stefan Banach Prize for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Mathematical Sciences is a joint initiative of Ericpol Telecom - a leading Polish IT company - and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize reflects Ericpol Telecom's appreciation of the crucial role played by mathematical reasoning in the contemporary world. Its aim is to promote and financially support the most promising young researchers in mathematical sciences.
The second edition of the International Banach Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertation in the mathematical sciences is drawing to a close. This year's competition was open to persons who received doctoral degree in mathematical sciences in years 2007-2009 at an institutions lacated in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
The prize - funded by Ericpol Telecom and awarded by a jury nominated by the Polish Mathematical Society - in 2010 is worth 20,000 PLN. The winner will be invited to deliver a lecture at the annual Forum of Polish Mathematicians to be held in 1st-3rd of July, 2010 in Olsztyn..
Stefan Banach – the founder of functional analysis and the patron of the prize – symbolizes the values of talent, hard-work and determination.
Banach, known also for his talent and unconventional approach to research, rose to prominence as one of the most famous mathematicians in the world.
Banach was born in 1892 and spent his youth in Kraków. He studied at the Technical University in Lwów. In 1920, without completing a university level
mathematical education, he received the doctoral degree in mathematics from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, where after four years he became a full
professor. In 1935 he was invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo. Shortly before World War II Banach
was elected President of the Polish Mathematical Society. Banach died in Lwów in the Summer of 1945.
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"Home Page of Stefan Banach".
