Sławomir Kołodziej (Polish: ; born 12 March 1961,

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) is a Polish

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

and Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of the

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. His research interests include

complex analysis Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebraic ...

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 ...

Life and career

He graduated in mathematics from the

and continued his scientific career there obtaining his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

written under the supervision of Józef Siciak in 1989. He further received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

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 ''Acta Mathematica'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research in all fields of mathematics. 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 ''Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of mathematics published by the American Mathematical Society. The journal is devoted to shorter research articles. As a requirement, all articles ...

'', '' Indiana University Mathematics Journal'', ''

Michigan Mathematical Journal The ''Michigan Mathematical Journal'' (established 1952) is published by the mathematics department at the University of Michigan. An important early editor for the Journal was George Piranian. Historically, the Journal has been published a smal ...

'', ''

Mathematische Zeitschrift ''Mathematische Zeitschrift'' ( German for ''Mathematical Journal'') is a mathematical journal for pure and applied mathematics published by Springer Verlag. History The journal was founded in 1917, with its first issue appearing in 1918. It wa ...

'' and ''

Advances in Mathematics ''Advances in Mathematics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on pure mathematics. It was established in 1961 by Gian-Carlo Rota. The journal publishes 18 issues each year, in three volumes. 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 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 ...

(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 The Stefan Bergman Prize is a mathematics award, funded by the estate of the widow of mathematician Stefan Bergman and supported by the American Mathematical Society. The award is granted for mathematical research in: "1) the theory of the kernel ...

of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

, 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."

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Life and career

Awards

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