Sławomir Kołodziej (
Polish: ; born 12 March 1961,
Bielsko-Biała
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) is a Polish
mathematician
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and Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the
Jagiellonian University
The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...
in
Kraków
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. His research interests include
complex analysis
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and
theoretical mathematics including
Monge–Ampère equation
In mathematics, a (real) Monge–Ampère equation is a nonlinear second-order partial differential equation of special kind. A second-order equation for the unknown function ''u'' of two variables ''x'',''y'' is of Monge–Ampère type if it is l ...
and
plurisubharmonic function In mathematics, plurisubharmonic functions (sometimes abbreviated as psh, plsh, or plush functions) form an important class of functions used in complex analysis. On a Kähler manifold, plurisubharmonic functions form a subset of the subharmonic ...
s.
Life and career
He graduated in mathematics from the
Jagiellonian University
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and continued his scientific career there obtaining his
doctoral degree
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written under the supervision of Józef Siciak in 1989.
He further received his
habilitation
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in 1998 and the title of professor in 2005. He assumed the chair of Mathematical Analysis at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University. His doctoral students include
Rafał Czyż and
Sławomir Dinew.
He published his scientific papers in such journals as ''
Acta Mathematica
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According to Cédric Villani, this journal is "considered by many to be the most prestigious of all mathematical research journ ...
'', ''
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
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'', ''
Indiana University Mathematics Journal'', ''
Michigan Mathematical Journal
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Historically, the Journal has been published a smal ...
'', ''
Mathematische Zeitschrift
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History
The journal was founded in 1917, with its first issue appearing in 1918. It wa ...
'' and ''
Advances in Mathematics
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At the origin, the journal aimed ...
''. He serves as editor-in-chief of the ''
Annales Polonici Mathematici''. He is a member of the
Polish Mathematical Society
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History
The society was ...
(PTM), having served as the organization's deputy director between 2014–2016.
Awards
In 1998, he was awarded the
Stanisław Zaremba Prize of the Polish Mathematical Society. In 2014, he became the joint recipient of the
Stefan Bergman Prize
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of the
American Mathematical Society
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, together with Takeo Oshawa, "for his seminal contributions to the complex
Monge-Ampère equation and pluripotential theory, including necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of bounded solutions, stability, and other sharp estimates."
See also
*
List of Polish mathematicians
A list of notable Poland, Polish mathematicians:
References
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Complex analysis
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*
Theoretical mathematics
References
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Living people
1961 births
Polish academics
Polish mathematicians
Jagiellonian University alumni
Academic staff of Jagiellonian University
People from Bielsko-Biała
Mathematical analysis