The winner of the 3rd season of the International Banach Prize rewarded

The ceremony of awarding the International Banach Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in the mathematical sciences took place on the 12th of September, 2011 during the Izraeli-Polish Mathematical Meeting in Łódź. The opening meeting gathered 300 participants from over 100 scientific institutions from around the world.
This year’s winner was doctor Łukasz Pańkowski, the lecturer of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The Prize value is 20 000 PLN (~ 5 000 euros) which makes it one of the highest financial prizes awarded in Poland in the field of mathematics.

Doctor Łukasz Pańkowski was awarded for his dissertation entitled ‘Joint universality theorems vs. Kronecker’s diophantine approximation theorem’, which was written under the supervision of professor Jerzy Kaczorowski, PhD.
‘The dissertation concerns analytical properties of so-called Riemann zeta function, which are directly connected with natural numbers’ arithmetical character, particularly with prime numbers’, said doctor Pańkowski. ‘I’d like to say that I’m greatly honoured with the Prize named after Stefan Banach – one of the greatest mathematicians ever’.

The International Banach Prize was established by Ericpol Telecom, the benefactor of the prize, and the Polish Mathematical Society. It reflects the appreciation for mathematics and the role it plays in the contemporary world, but it also is aimed at popularizing the scientific output of Stefan Banach and the Polish science in the world.

‘We would like Poland to be the technical development centre. We have to start form the very beginning to make it happen. The mathematics is the very beginning of all engineering sciences, therefore we strive to convince the society, that the mathematics is crucial for our future development’ explained Marek Gajowniczek, Vice President of Ericpol Telecom.

The IV season of the International Banach Prize competition is coming soon. The doctoral dissertations can be submitted till the end of January, 2012. The final of IV season will be held on the 2nd-7th of July, 2012 in Krakow, during the 6th European Congress of Mathematics.