Antoni Łomnicki

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Antoni Łomnicki
Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Antoni Marian Łomnicki (17 January 1881 – 4 July 1941) was a Polish

University of Lwów
.

Life and work

Polish researchers in 1907. Sitting left to right: Antoni Łomnicki (1881–1941), Werner, Antoni Przeborski (1871–1941), Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882–1954), Wacław Sierpiński (1882–1969) and Kazimierz Józef Horowicz (1884–1920). Standing left to right: Szulc, Jan Króo - physicist, Stanisław Kępiński (1867–1908), Władysław Dziewulski (1878–1962) – astronomer and astrophysicist, Włodzimierz Stożek (1883–1941) and Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus (1887–1972)

Antoni Łomnicki was born in Lwów, the son of

Massacre of Lwów professors) the next day on the Wzgórza Wuleckie in Lwów.[2]

In December 1944 Stefan Banach wrote the following tribute to Łomnicki:

A native of Lwów, he worked for over twenty years as a mathematics professor at the Lwów University of Technology. He prepared hundreds of
educator, one of the best I ever knew. He was the author of many popular schoolbooks as well as textbooks on advanced analysis for technologists, surpassing in quality those published abroad. His work in the field of cartography was at a high level. Equally effective were his teaching and pedagogic efforts. Professor Łomnicki had tremendous energy and a great work ethic.[3]

References

  1. ^ Maligranda, L. (2008). "Antoni Łomnicki (1881–1941)" (PDF). Wiadomo ́sci Matematyczne (in Polish). 44 (2): 62–77.
  2. ISSN 0037-6779
    .
  3. ISBN 978-83-7326-827-2

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