''Fundamenta Mathematicae'' is a

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with a special focus on the

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, concentrating on

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and its interactions with

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, and

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s. The first specialized journal in the field of mathematics, originally it covered only

, and

..... It is published by the Mathematics Institute of the

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History

The journal was conceived by Zygmunt Janiszewski as a means to foster mathematical research in Poland.According to and to the introduction to the 100th volume of the journal (1978, pp=1–2). These two sources cite an article written by Janiszewski himself in 1918 and titled "''On the needs of Mathematics in Poland''". Janiszewski posited that, to achieve its goal, the journal should not compel Polish mathematicians to submit articles written exclusively in Polish, and should be devoted only to a specialized topic in mathematics; ''Fundamenta Mathematicae'' thus became the first specialized journal in the field of mathematics. Despite Janiszewski having, in a 1918 article, given the initial impetus for the creation of the journal,, . he did not live long enough to see the first issue published, in

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, as he died on 3 January 1920.

Wacław Sierpiński Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński (; 14 March 1882 – 21 October 1969) was a Polish mathematician. He was known for contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions ...

and Stefan Mazurkiewicz took over as

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. Soon after its launch, the founding editors were joined by Kazimierz Kuratowski and, later, by Karol Borsuk.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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, and Zentralblatt MATH. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.609.

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References

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External links

* {{Official website, http://journals.impan.gov.pl/fm/
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