Jerzy Kazimierz Baksalary (25 June 1944–8 March 2005) was a Polish

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

who specialized in

mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory, a branch of mathematics, to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques which are used for this include mathematical an ...

and

linear algebra Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as: :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as: :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrices ...

. In 1990 he was appointed professor of mathematical sciences. He authored over 170 academic papers published and won one of the Ministry of National Education awards. He was a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan (1969). In the years 1969-1988 he was associated with the Department of Mathematics of the University of Agriculture in Poznań. From 1996, he was the dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Technology at the Military University of WSP, and after the WSP joined the Zielona Góra University of Technology and the emergence of the University of Zielona Góra, he headed the Linear Algebra and Mathematical Statistics group.

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1944 births 2005 deaths Polish mathematicians Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Academic staff of the University of Zielona Góra {{math-bio-stub