Waclaw Sierpiński - budovatel novodobé matematické vědy v Polsku
Wacław Sierpiński (1882-1969)
Wacław Sierpiński (1882-1969)
Wacław Sierpinski's papers on the theory of numbers
Wallis entre Hobbes et Newton. La question de l’angle de contact chez les anglais
Cet article traite d’un aspect de la controverse qui a opposé Hobbes et Wallis dans la deuxième moitié du xviie siècle, celui portant sur l’angle de contact. Wallis a publié deux traités sur l’angle de contact, l’un en 1656, l’autre en 1685. Entre ces deux dates sa position sur la question de l’angle de contact a sensiblement évolué. Durant la même période, il s’est opposé à Hobbes sur divers sujets de mathématiques, dont l’angle de contact. J’étudie les positions des deux protagonistes à travers...
Was the theory of chance born by chance? (La théorie du hasard est-elle née par hasard?)
Weierstrassova věta o aproximaci
Werner Bos 1924 - 1973.
What is new and what is old in Viète’s analysis restituta and algebra nova, and where do they come from ? Some reflections on the relations between algebra and analysis before Viète
François Viète considered most of his mathematical treatises to be part of a body of texts he entitled Opus restitutæ mathematicæ analyseos seu algebra nova. Despite this title and the fact that the term “algebra” has often been used to designate what is customarily regarded as Viète’s main contribution to mathematics, such a term is not part of his vocabulary. How should we understand this term, in the context of the title of his Opus, where “new algebra” is identified with “restored analysis”?...
What was an irrational number to an ancient Greek mathematician?
What was Nicolo Tartaglia doing in the night to Ash Wednesday of the year 1523 in Verona. (Was machte Nicolo Tartaglia in der Nacht zum Aschermittwoch des Jahres 1523 in Verona.)
Wiesław Żelazko, topological algebras, Banach algebras
Wilhelm Matzka (1798–1891) [Book]
Will theory unify mathematics and physics ?
Władysław Nikliborc et son oeuvre scientifique
Władysław Orlicz (1903-1990). A biography
Władysław Orlicz (1903-1990), Polish mathematician.
Władysław Orlicz (1903-1990) - Polish mathematician
This is a brief biography of the Polish mathematician Władysław Orlicz (mostly known for Orlicz spaces), one of the members of the famous Lwów School of Mathematics (Polish School of Analysis in Lwów) who after World War II organized the Poznań School of Mathematics. This biography also includes his scientific achievements and many official scientific activities (honors and awards, membership in various scientific societies and editorial boards). There is a special section about Orlicz's connection...
Włodzimierz Mlak (1931-1994)
Work and life of professor Boško Jovanović