Feliks Barański

Feliks Barański

Feliks Barański (1915-2006) was a Polish mathematician and an active member of the so-called Lwów School of Mathematics. Born May 1915 in Lwów, Austria-Hungary (modern Lviv, Ukraine), he joined the circle of young, talented mathematicians formed around Stefan Banach and Hugo Steinhaus. During the period of German occupation of his hometown he made his living as a lice feeder in the institute of Rudolf Weigl. Expelled from Lwow after the war, he settled in Kraków, where he joined the local Kraków University of Technology. He was also admitted into the Polish Mathematics Society.[1]

References

  1. ^ Koroński, Jan (2017), "Feliks Michał Barański (1915–2006) – life and work", Selected problems for differential equations : collective work, Monographs of the Cracow University of Technology, Fundamental Sciences: Mathematics, Kraków: Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki, pp. 38–50, ISBN 978-83-7242-954-4


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