Biography:Andrzej Białynicki-Birula
Andrzej Białynicki-Birula (26 December 1935 – 19 April 2021) was a Polish mathematician, best known for his work on algebraic geometry.[1] He was considered one of the pioneers of differential algebra. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Białynicki-Birula was married to a paleontologist and phylogeneticist Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka.[2]
Białynicki-Birula was born in Nowogrodek, Polish Republic, currently known as Navahrudak, West Belarus. His elder brother, Iwo Białynicki-Birula, was born two years earlier and is a theoretical physicist and a fellow member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[3][4]
Białynicki-Birula received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1960. His thesis was written under the direction of Gerhard Hochschild.[5] Since 1970, he was Professor of Mathematics at Warsaw University, in 1977-1980 — Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Mechanics and Information; 1987-1990 — Vice Rector.[6]
See also
- List of Polish mathematicians
References
- ↑ Strzelecki, Paweł (19 April 2021). "Nie żyje prof. Andrzej Szczepan Białynicki-Birula | MIMUW" (in Polish). https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/nie-zyje-prof-andrzej-szczepan-bialynicki-birula.
- ↑ "Andrzej Białynicki-Birula". Polish Ministry of Science. http://www.nauka.gov.pl/na-skroty/do-wyjasnienia/731-rada-nauki-lista-profesorow/731-rada-nauki-lista-profesorow/artykul/andrzej-bialynicki-birula/. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ↑ Bajer, Magdalena. "AfterMarket.pl :: Domain forumakad.pl". http://www.forumakad.pl/archiwum/98/7-8/artykuly/33-rody_uczone.htm.
- ↑ Białynicki-Birula, Iwo. "Iwo Białynicki-Birula". http://old.cft.edu.pl/~birula/.
- ↑ "Andrzej Białynicki-Birula". Mathematics Genealogy Project. https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=31889. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "Andrzej Bialynicki-Birula". Academia Europea. https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Bialynicki-Birula_Andrzej.
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