Władysław Zajączkowski (April 12, 1837, in
Strzyżów near the
Rzeszów
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– October 7, 1898, in
Lwów
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) was a Polish
mathematician
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. Professor of
Warsaw Main School, Imperial University of Warsaw (now
University of Warsaw
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), Technical Academy in Lviv (now
Lviv Polytechnic; twice a
rector). Member of
Polish Academy of Learning and
French Academy of Sciences
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. He was specialising mainly in
mathematical analysis
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and
differential equations.
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1837 births
1898 deaths
Mathematicians from the Russian Empire
Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary
Rectors of universities in Austria-Hungary
Polish mathematicians
Lviv Polytechnic rectors
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