Karol Borsuk

✶May 8, 1905

†January 24, 1982

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Karol Borsuk was a Polish mathematician. His main area of interest was topology. He made significant contributions to shape theory, a term which he coined. He also obtained important results in functional analysis. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Warsaw, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Mathematical Society and a leading representative of the Warsaw School of Mathematics.

Polish mathematician (1905–1982)

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