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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 ...
(1882–1969), a Polish mathematician known especially for his contributions to
set theory
Set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies Set (mathematics), sets, which can be informally described as collections of objects. Although objects of any kind can be collected into a set, set theory – as a branch of mathema ...
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number theory
Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. Number theorists study prime numbers as well as the properties of mathematical objects constructed from integers (for example ...
, theory of
functions, and
topology
Topology (from the Greek language, Greek words , and ) is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a Mathematical object, geometric object that are preserved under Continuous function, continuous Deformation theory, deformat ...
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Mathematics
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Sierpinski triangle
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Sierpinski carpet
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Sierpinski curve
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Sierpinski number
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Sierpiński cube
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Sierpiński's constant
Sierpiński's constant is a mathematical constant usually denoted as ''K''. One way of defining it is as the following limit:
:K=\lim_\left sum_^ - \pi\ln n\right/math>
where ''r''2(''k'') is a number of representations of ''k'' as a sum of the ...
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Sierpiński set
In mathematics, a Sierpiński set is an uncountable subset of a real vector space whose intersection with every measure-zero set is countable. The existence of Sierpiński sets is independent of the axioms of ZFC. showed that they exist if the c ...
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Sierpiński game
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Sierpiński space
In mathematics, the Sierpiński space is a finite topological space with two points, only one of which is closed.
It is the smallest example of a topological space which is neither trivial nor discrete. It is named after Wacław Sierpiński.
The ...
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Sierpiński's theorem on metric spaces
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Sierpiński problem
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Prime Sierpiński problem
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Extended Sierpiński problem
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Sierpiński-Riesel problem
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Sierpinski (crater), a crater on the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
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Sierpiński Medal, an award conferred by the
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...
and the
Polish Mathematical Society
The Polish Mathematical Society () is the main professional society of Polish mathematicians and represents Polish mathematics within the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
History
The society was ...
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