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waclaw sirpenski. Waclaw Sierpinski Waclaw Franciszek Sierpinski was born
March 14, 1882 in the capital city of Warsaw, Poland. He ...
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Waclaw Sierpinski
Waclaw Franciszek Sierpinski was born March 14, 1882 in the capital city of Warsaw, Poland. He attended school in Warsaw where his talent for mathematics was quickly spotted by his first mathematics teacher. This was the phase of Russian occupation of Poland and it was a complicated time for the talented Sierpinski to be educated in Poland. The Russians had enforced their language and culture on the people in Poland in sweeping changes to all secondary schools implemented between 1869 and 1874. (websource)The Russian aim was to keep illiteracy in Poland as high as possible, so they discouraged learning and the number of students fell. Then despite all of the hardships Sierpinski was able to finish up his pre college education with out any problems.
Sierpinski then would enter the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Warsaw in 1899. (websource) While at the University of Warsaw, the Department of Mathematics and Physics offered a prize for the best essay from a student on Voronoy\\\'s contribution to number theory. Sierpinski was awarded a gold medal for his essay, thus laying the foundation for his first major mathematical contribution. Because he didn’t want his work to be published in Russia he waited until 1907 to get his materials published by a mathematics magazine. Once he graduated, he then taught math and physics in Warsaw. Once the school he was working in closed; he then started to pursue a doctorates degree from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He then studied astronomy and philosophy and received his doctorates in 1908. From 1908 to 1914 Sierpinski lectured at the University of Lvov, followed by three years at the University of Moscow. After the end of World War I he returned to the University of Warsaw and spent the rest of his career there. By all accounts he was an excellent teacher.
Two well-known fractals are named after him the Sierpinski...
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