Andrzej Schinzel
Andrzej Schinzel | |
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Warsaw University | |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Wacław Sierpiński |
| Doctoral students | Henryk Iwaniec |
Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (5 April 1937[1] – 21 August 2021[2]) was a Polish mathematician studying mainly number theory.
Education
Schinzel received an
Ph.D. in 1960 from Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences where he studied under Wacław Sierpiński,[3] with a habilitation in 1962. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[4]
Career
Schinzel was a professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IM PAN). His principal interest was the theory of
twin prime conjecture. He also proved Schinzel's theorem on the existence of circles
through any given number of integer points.
Schinzel was the author of over 200 research articles in various branches of number theory, including
for over four decades.Private life
Andrzej Schinzel was the oldest brother of a Polish chess master Władysław Schinzel (born 1943).[5]
References
- Zbl 1115.11002. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Andrzeja Schinzla (5 kwietnia 1937, Sandomierz – 21 sierpnia 2021, Konstancin)". sandomierz.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Andrzej Schinzel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Andrzeja Schinzla (5 kwietnia 1937, Sandomierz – 21 sierpnia 2021, Konstancin)
External links
- Schinzel's page at IM PAN (list of publications)
- Andrzej Schinzel's picture
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