Kostka may refer to:

People

Kostka family 200px, Dąbrowa Coat of Arms The Kostka (Kostkowie) was a Polish noble family (szlachta) originated from Kashubia. Members * Anna Kostka * Jan Kostka * Katarzyna Kostka Katarzyna Kostka (1576–1648) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman ...

, Polish noble family (szlachta) from Kashubia *

Aleksander Kostka Napierski Aleksander Leon Kostka-Napierski (1620–1651), Polish captain during the Thirty Years' War in Swedish service, participant of battle in Germany and organizer of the Kostka-Napierski Uprising. According to the historian prof. Paweł Wieczorkiewicz ...

(1620–1651), Polish captain during the Thirty Years' War in Swedish service *

Anna Kostka Anna Kostka (1575–1635) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman. Anna was the daughter of Jan Kostka and Zofia Odrowąż, and related to Saint Stanislas Kostka. She married Aleksander Ostrogski in 1592. She inherited the city of Jarosław as we ...

(1575–1635), Polish–Lithuanian noble lady *

Carl Kostka Carl Gottfried Franz Albert Kostka (3 December 1846 in Lyck – 28 December 1921 in Insterburg) was a mathematician who introduced Kostka numbers in 1882. He lived and worked in Insterburg. See also *Kostka polynomial In mathematics, Kostka pol ...

(1846–1921), German mathematician, introduced Kostka numbers in 1882 *

Hubert Kostka Hubert Jerzy Kostka (born 27 May 1940 in Ratibor) is a retired Polish football goalkeeper. Kostka participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where Poland won the men's football tournament. Kostka is not only a successful player, he al ...

(born 1940), Polish football player and manager *

Jan Kostka Jan Kostka (ca. 1529–1581) was a Polish noble and a candidate in elections for the new King of Poland in 1572. He was also an advisor to Kings Henry of Valois and Stefan Batory. He was a courtier and a secretary of the King, Podskarbi of Du ...

(1529–1581), Polish noble and a candidate in elections for the new King of Poland in 1572 *

Katarzyna Kostka Katarzyna Kostka (1576–1648) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the ...

(1576–1648), Polish–Lithuanian noble lady * Michael Kostka (born 1985), professional ice hockey defenceman *

Petr Kostka Petr Kostka (born 11 June 1938) is a Czech actor. Kostka was born in Říčany near Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 2003, he received Thalia Award for performing Herman in ''Smíšené pocity'' ''Mixed Emotions''. Selected filmography * ''Fetters'' ...

(born 1938), Czech actor *

Stan Kostka Stanislaus Clarence Kostka (July 8, 1912 – February 3, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Minnesota and was a member of the 1934 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team that won a Co ...

(1913–1997), American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and later a college football coach *

Stanisław Kostka (1475–1555) Stanisław Kostka (1475–1555) was a Polish noble, adviser to King Sigismund I the Old and King Sigismund II Augustus I. He had ten children with his consort Elżbieta z Eilemberku, including Elzbieta Mortęska, Krystyna Działyńska, Anna ...

(1475–1555), Polish noble, adviser to King Sigismund I the Old and King Sigismund II Augustus I * Stanisław Kostka Gadomski (1718–1797), governor of Łęczyca province from 1787, Speaker of the Sejm, General officer of Armed forces * Stanisław Kostka Potocki (1755–1821), Polish noble, politician, writer, publicist, collector and patron of art * Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski (1775–1856), Polish nobleman (szlachcic), politician, landowner, patron of arts *

Stanislaus Kostka Stanisław Kostka S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice of the Society of Jesus. He is venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Stanislaus Kostka (as distinct from his namesake, the 11th-century Bishop of Kraków S ...

S.J. (1550–1568), Polish novice of the Society of Jesus *

Stefan Kostka Stefan M. Kostka (born 1939) is an American music theorist, author, and Professor Emeritus of music theory at the University of Texas at Austin. Education Kostka graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor's Degree, and then receiv ...

(born 1939), American music theorist *

Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka (born 27 August 1984) is a Czech racing driver, who lives in Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes. Racing career Kostka raced in Formula Ford and the Ford Puma Cup in 2001. He raced in Formula BMW ADAC and Austrian F3 the following year. ...

(born 1984), Czech racing driver living in France * Vladimír Kostka (1922–2009), Czech ice hockey coach

Places

* Mount Kostka, Antarctica

In mathematics

Kostka number In mathematics, the Kostka number ''K''λμ (depending on two Partition (number theory), integer partitions λ and μ) is a non-negative integer that is equal to the number of semistandard Young tableaux of shape λ and weight μ. They were intro ...

K, introduced by Carl Kostka in 1882, non-negative integer depending on two partitions λ and μ, that is equal to the number of semistandard Young tableaux of shape λ and weight μ *

Kostka polynomial In mathematics, Kostka polynomials, named after the mathematician Carl Kostka, are families of polynomials that generalize the Kostka numbers. They are studied primarily in algebraic combinatorics and representation theory. The two-variable Ko ...

or Kostka–Foulkes polynomial K(q, t), named after Carl Kostka, polynomial in two variables with non-negative integer coefficients depending on two partitions λ and μ