Tadeusz Ważewski
Polish mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tadeusz Ważewski (24 September 1896 – 5 September 1972)[1] was a Polish mathematician.
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Tadeusz Ważewski | |
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Born | (1896-09-24)24 September 1896 |
Died | 5 September 1972(1972-09-05) (aged 75) |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Jagiellonian University |
Doctoral advisor | Stanisław Zaremba |
Doctoral students | Anna Zofia Krygowska Stanisław Łojasiewicz Czesław Olech Andrzej Pliś Zofia Szmydt |
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Ważewski made important contributions to the theory of ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, control theory and the theory of analytic spaces. He is most famous for applying the topological concept of retract, introduced by Karol Borsuk, to the study of the solutions of differential equations.