Bronisław Knaster

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Bronisław Knaster was a Polish mathematician known for his contributions to topology and set theory and as a prominent member of the interwar Polish mathematical community.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
set theorist
topologist
areaOfInfluence interwar Polish mathematics
countryOfCitizenship Poland
educatedAt University of Lviv
Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
employer University of Lviv
University of Warsaw NERFINISHED
University of Wrocław NERFINISHED
familyName Knaster
fieldOfWork set theory
topology
givenName Bronisław
influenced Polish School of Mathematics
influencedBy Kazimierz Kuratowski
Wacław Sierpiński
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Polish
memberOf Lwów School of Mathematics
Polish mathematical community
nativeLanguage Polish
notableIdea applications of lattice theory in topology
chain conditions in set theory
construction of indecomposable continua
notableStudent Andrzej Mostowski
Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski
Hugo Steinhaus
Karol Borsuk
Roman Sikorski
notableWork Knaster condition
Knaster continuum
Knaster–Kuratowski fan
Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma
surface form: Knaster–Kuratowski theorem

Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz lemma
surface form: Knaster–Kuratowski–Mazurkiewicz theorem

Knaster–Reichbach covering
Tarski’s fixed point theorem
surface form: Knaster–Tarski theorem

Knaster–Ulam theorem
sexOrGender male
workLocation Lviv, Ukraine
surface form: Lviv

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Wrocław NERFINISHED

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Lwów School of Mathematics hasMember Bronisław Knaster