Andrzej Schinzel

Andrzej Schinzel
Schinzel in 1974
Born(1937-04-05)5 April 1937
Sandomierz, Poland
Died21 August 2021(2021-08-21) (aged 84)
Alma materWarsaw University
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPolish Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorWacław Sierpiński
Doctoral studentsHenryk Iwaniec

Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (5 April 1937[1] – 21 August 2021[2]) was a Polish mathematician studying mainly number theory.

Schinzel and Adam Grygiel in 2010

Education

Schinzel received an MSc in 1958 at Warsaw University, 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 polynomials. His 1958 conjecture on the prime values of polynomials, known as Schinzel's hypothesis H, both extends the Bunyakovsky conjecture and broadly generalizes the 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 elementary, analytic and algebraic number theory. He was the editor of Acta Arithmetica for over four decades.

Private life

Andrzej Schinzel was the oldest brother of a Polish chess master Władysław Schinzel (born 1943).[5]

References

  1. ^ H. Iwaniec; W. Narkiewicz; J. Urbanowicz, eds. (2007). "Preface" (PDF). Andrzej Schinzel, Selecta. Vol. 1. doi:10.4171/038. ISBN 978-3-03719-038-8. MR 2383194. Zbl 1115.11002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Andrzeja Schinzla (5 kwietnia 1937, Sandomierz – 21 sierpnia 2021, Konstancin)". sandomierz.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ Andrzej Schinzel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Pożegnanie prof. dr hab. Andrzeja Schinzla (5 kwietnia 1937, Sandomierz – 21 sierpnia 2021, Konstancin)


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