Hugo Steinhaus

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Polish mathematician human mathematician

Hugo Steinhaus was a prominent Polish mathematician and co-founder of the Lwów School of Mathematics, known for significant contributions to functional analysis, probability theory, and game theory.

Aliases (1)

Steinhaus ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicDegree	doctorate in mathematics →
birthDate	1887-01-14 →
birthPlace	Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED → Jasło NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria NERFINISHED →
coAuthor	Stefan Banach →
coFounded	Lwów School of Mathematics →
countryOfCitizenship	Poland →
deathDate	1972-02-25 →
doctoralAdvisor	David Hilbert →
educatedAt	University of Göttingen NERFINISHED → University of Lviv →
employer	Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów → University of Wrocław → Wrocław University of Technology →
familyName	Steinhaus →
fieldOfWork	Fourier analysis → functional analysis → game theory → mathematics → measure theory → probability theory → topology → trigonometric series →
givenName	Hugo →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German → Polish →
memberOf	Lwów School of Mathematics →
name	Hugo Steinhaus →
notableFor	co-founding the Lwów School of Mathematics → contributions to functional analysis, probability theory, and game theory →
notableStudent	Karol Borsuk → Mark Kac → Stanisław Ulam → Stefan Banach →
notableWork	"Mathematical Snapshots" → Banach–Steinhaus theorem → Kakutani fixed-point theorem (contributions) → Steinhaus chessboard theorem → Steinhaus theorem → mathematical problems column in "Wiadomości Matematyczne" →
occupation	professor → university teacher →
placeOfDeath	Wrocław NERFINISHED →
workLocation	Lwów → Wrocław NERFINISHED →

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Mark Kac →	doctoralAdvisor
Hugo Steinhaus ("Steinhaus") →	familyName
Lwów School of Mathematics →	hasMember
Mark Kac →	influencedBy
Hugo Steinhaus →	name
Stefan Banach →	notableStudent