Mieczysław Jan Warmus (born 1 June 1918 in Dobrowlany, Poland (now
Дабраўляны,
Беларусь); died 20 September 2007 in
Wollongong
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,
Australia
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).
He was a
Polish mathematician
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, a pioneer of
computer science
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in Poland,
professor, university lecturer, author of over a hundred scientific papers.
He defended his PhD at
Wrocław University
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central ...
based on dissertation ''Calculating Areas of Flat Surfaces Using Parallelogram Grids'' under
Hugo Steinhaus
Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus ( , ; 14 January 1887 – 25 February 1972) was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz Univers ...
' supervision.
The habilitation thesis titled ''"Nomogrammable Functions"'' was defended on February 22, 1958.
By a resolution dated May 29, 1958, the Central Qualification Committee for Scientific Workers awarded Associate Professor Dr. habil. Mieczysław Warmus the academic title of ''Extraordinary Professor''.
Mieczysław Warmus passed away on September 20, 2007, in
Wollongong
Wollongong ( ; Dharawal: ''Woolyungah'') is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound ...
,
Australia
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. He was buried on October 2, 2007, at the
Powązki Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery (; ), also known as Stare Powązki (), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of the oldest, having been established in 179 ...
in
Warsaw
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.
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Further readings
HomepageBiography(Jadwiga Dutkiewicz Mieczysław Warmus Życie i praca naukowa )
20th-century Polish mathematicians
1918 births
2007 deaths
Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland
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