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.^[2]

Białynicki-Birula was born in Nowogrodek, Polish Republic, currently known as Navahrudak, West Belarus. His elder brother, Iwo Białynicki-Birula [pl], was born two years earlier and is a theoretical physicist and a fellow member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.^[3][4] He 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.

See also

• List of Polish mathematicians

References

1. Strzelecki, Paweł (19 April 2021). "Nie żyje prof. Andrzej Szczepan Białynicki-Birula | MIMUW". www.mimuw.edu.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
2. "Andrzej Białynicki-Birula". Polish Ministry of Science. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
3. Bajer, Magdalena. . Academic Forum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
4. Białynicki-Birula, Iwo. "Iwo Białynicki-Birula". Retrieved 5 May 2021.
5. "Andrzej Białynicki-Birula". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

External links

• Home page at Warsaw University