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8 THE POLISH TRACE COMPOSED FROM COMMONLY AVAILABLE SOURCES BY LECH POLKOWSKI FOR IJCRS2017 FOREWORD It is a desire of many participants of conferences to learn as much as possible about the history and culture of he visited country and place and organizers try to satisfy this desire by providing excursions into attractive places and sites. IJCRS2017 also tries to take participants to historic sites of Warmia and Mazury and to show elements of local culture. As an innovation, we propose a booklet showing some achievements of Polish scientists and cryptographers, no doubt many of them are known universally, but some probably not. What bounds all personages described here is that they all suffered due to world wars, th efirst and the second. These wars ruined their homes, made them refugees and exiles, destroyed their archives and libraries, they lost many colleagues, friends and students but were lucky enough to save lives and in some cases to begin the career overseas. We begin with the person of Jan Czochralski, world famous metallurgist, discoverer of the technique of producing metal monocrystals `the Czochralski methode’ and inventor of duraluminum and the `bahnalloy’ who started his career and obtained its heights in Germany, later returned to Poland, became a professor at the Warsaw Polytechnical, played an important role in cultural life of Warsaw, lived in Warsaw through the second world war and the Warsaw Uprising of August-September 1944 and after the war was accused of cooperating ith occupying German forces and though judged innocent was literally erased from the public life and any information about him obliterated. -
Conventions, Styles of Thinking and Relativism
S t udia Philosophica Wratislaviensia Supplementary Volume, English Edition 2012 KRZYSZTOF SZLACHCIC University of Wrocław Conventions, Styles of Thinking and Relativism. Some Remarks on the Dispute between I. Dąmbska and L. Fleck* Abstract My comments are focused on the debate between Izydora Dąmbska and Ludwik Fleck. In the course of their debate, which took place in the 1930’s, they discussed some basic issues of epistemology, focusing on the problems of the sources of scientific knowledge, objectivity of knowledge, and truth. The aim of the paper is to place their debate in a the historical context and to demonstrate the novelty of Fleck’s arguments, especially in comparison with Thomas S. Kuhn’s later contribution. I also examine the dominant interpretations of Fleck’s theory of knowledge, as well as the reasons for which his philosophical ideas, especially Entstehung und Entwicklung einer wissenschaftlichen Tatsache (1935) have fallen into the philosophical obliv- ion. I argue that Fleck’s views, although innovative, were less radical than it is commonly thought. My comments focus on the polemic that ensued in the 1930s between Izydora Dąmbska and Ludwik Fleck. The authors involved in it either directly or indirectly referred to the fundamental questions of the theory of cognition: the question of the sources of scientific knowledge, objectivity of knowledge (its communicabil- ity), relative nature of scientific knowledge, truth. The small total volume of texts which directly referred to the views of the adversaries as well as the place where the dispute occurred (Lvov, a geographically peripheral part of the “civilised world” at the time) could suggest that this was just a minor episode in the history of thought, not worth mentioning. -
How to Study Mathematics – the Manual for Warsaw University 1St Year Students in the Interwar Period
TECHNICAL TRANSACTIONS CZASOPISMO TECHNICZNE FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES NAUKI PODSTAWOWE 2-NP/2015 KALINA BARTNICKA* HOW TO STUDY MATHEMATICS – THE MANUAL FOR WARSAW UNIVERSITY 1ST YEAR STUDENTS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD JAK STUDIOWAĆ MATEMATYKĘ – PORADNIK DLA STUDENTÓW PIERWSZEGO ROKU Z OKRESU MIĘDZYWOJENNEGO Abstract In 1926 and in 1930, members of Mathematics and Physics Students’ Club of the Warsaw University published the guidance for the first year students. These texts would help the freshers in constraction of the plans and course of theirs studies in the situation of so called “free study”. Keywords: Warsaw University, Interwar period, “Free study”, Study of Mathematics, Freshers, Students’ clubs, Guidance for students Streszczenie W 1926 r. i w 1930 r. Koło Naukowe Matematyków i Fizyków Studentów Uniwersytetu War- szawskiego opublikowało poradnik dla studentów pierwszego roku matematyki. Są to teksty, które pomagały pierwszoroczniakom w racjonalnym skonstruowaniu planu i toku ich studiów w warunkach tzw. „wolnego stadium”. Słowa kluczowe: Uniwersytet Warszawski, okres międzywojenny, „wolne stadium”, studio wanie matematyki, pierwszoroczniacy, studenckie koła naukowe, poradnik dla studentów DOI: 10.4467/2353737XCT.15.203.4408 * L. & A. Birkenmajetr Institute of History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; [email protected] 14 This paper is focused primarily on the departure from the “free study” in university learning in Poland after it regained its independence in 1918. The idea of the “free study” had been strongly cherished by professors and staff of the Philosophy Department of Warsaw University even though the majority of students (including the students of mathematics and physics) were not interested in pursuing an academic career. The concept of free study left to the students the decision about the choice of subjects they wished to study and about the plan of their work. -
Adolf Lindenbaum: Notes on His Life, with Bibliography and Selected References
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Springer - Publisher Connector Log. Univers. 8 (2014), 285–320 c 2014 The Author(s). This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com 1661-8297/14/030285-36, published online December 3, 2014 DOI 10.1007/s11787-014-0108-2 Logica Universalis Adolf Lindenbaum: Notes on his Life, with Bibliography and Selected References Jan Zygmunt and Robert Purdy Abstract. Notes on the life of Adolf Lindenbaum, a complete bibliography of his published works, and selected references to his unpublished results. Mathematics Subject Classification. 01A60, 01A70, 01A73, 03-03. Keywords. Adolf Lindenbaum, biography, bibliography, unpublished works. This paper is dedicated to Adolf Lindenbaum (1904–1941)—Polish- Jewish mathematician and logician; a member of the Warsaw school of mathe- matics under Waclaw Sierpi´nski and Stefan Mazurkiewicz and school of math- ematical logic under JanLukasiewicz and Stanislaw Le´sniewski;1 and Alfred Tarski’s closest collaborator of the inter-war period. Our paper is divided into three main parts. The first part is biograph- ical and narrative in character. It gathers together what little is known of Lindenbaum’s short life. The second part is a bibliography of Lindenbaum’s published output, including his public lectures. Our aim there is to be complete and definitive. The third part is a list of selected references in the literature attesting to his unpublished results2 and delineating their extent. Just to confuse things, we name the second and third parts of our paper, respectively, “Bibliography Part One” and “Bibliography Part Two”. Why, we no longer remember. -
Alice in the Wonderful Land of Logical Notions)
The Mystery of the Fifth Logical Notion (Alice in the Wonderful Land of Logical Notions) Jean-Yves Beziau University of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Research Council and Brazilian Academy of Philosophy [email protected] Abstract We discuss a theory presented in a posthumous paper by Alfred Tarski entitled “What are logical notions?”. Although the theory of these logical notions is something outside of the main stream of logic, not presented in logic textbooks, it is a very interesting theory and can easily be understood by anybody, especially studying the simplest case of the four basic logical notions. This is what we are doing here, as well as introducing a challenging fifth logical notion. We first recall the context and origin of what are here called Tarski- Lindenbaum logical notions. In the second part, we present these notions in the simple case of a binary relation. In the third part, we examine in which sense these are considered as logical notions contrasting them with an example of a non-logical relation. In the fourth part, we discuss the formulations of the four logical notions in natural language and in first- order logic without equality, emphasizing the fact that two of the four logical notions cannot be expressed in this formal language. In the fifth part, we discuss the relations between these notions using the theory of the square of opposition. In the sixth part, we introduce the notion of variety corresponding to all non-logical notions and we argue that it can be considered as a logical notion because it is invariant, always referring to the same class of structures. -
Leaders of Polish Mathematics Between the Two World Wars
COMMENTATIONES MATHEMATICAE Vol. 53, No. 2 (2013), 5-12 Roman Duda Leaders of Polish mathematics between the two world wars To Julian Musielak, one of the leaders of post-war Poznań mathematics Abstract. In the period 1918-1939 mathematics in Poland was led by a few people aiming at clearly defined but somewhat different goals. They were: S. Zaremba in Cracow, W. Sierpiński and S. Mazurkiewicz in Warsaw, and H. Steinhaus and S. Banach in Lvov. All were chairmen and editors of mathematical journals, and each promoted several students to continue their efforts. They were highly successful both locally and internationally. When Poland regained its independence in 1918, Polish mathematics exploded like a supernova: against a dark background there flared up, in the next two deca- des, the Polish Mathematical School. Although the School has not embraced all mathematics in the country, it soon attracted common attention for the whole. Ho- wever, after two decades of a vivid development the School ended suddenly also like a supernova and together with it there silenced, for the time being, the rest of Polish mathematics. The end came in 1939 when the state collapsed under German and Soviet blows from the West and from the East, and the two occupants cooperated to cut short Polish independent life. After 1945 the state and mathematics came to life again but it was a different state and a different mathematics. The aim of this paper is to recall great leaders of the short-lived interwar Polish mathematics. By a leader we mean here a man enjoying an international reputation (author of influential papers or monographs) and possessing a high position in the country (chairman of a department of mathematics in one of the universities), a man who had a number of students and promoted several of them to Ph.D. -
Definitions and Nondefinability in Geometry 475 2
Definitions and Nondefinability in Geometry1 James T. Smith Abstract. Around 1900 some noted mathematicians published works developing geometry from its very beginning. They wanted to supplant approaches, based on Euclid’s, which han- dled some basic concepts awkwardly and imprecisely. They would introduce precision re- quired for generalization and application to new, delicate problems in higher mathematics. Their work was controversial: they departed from tradition, criticized standards of rigor, and addressed fundamental questions in philosophy. This paper follows the problem, Which geo- metric concepts are most elementary? It describes a false start, some successful solutions, and an argument that one of those is optimal. It’s about axioms, definitions, and definability, and emphasizes contributions of Mario Pieri (1860–1913) and Alfred Tarski (1901–1983). By fol- lowing this thread of ideas and personalities to the present, the author hopes to kindle interest in a fascinating research area and an exciting era in the history of mathematics. 1. INTRODUCTION. Around 1900 several noted mathematicians published major works on a subject familiar to us from school: developing geometry from the very beginning. They wanted to supplant the established approaches, which were based on Euclid’s, but which handled awkwardly and imprecisely some concepts that Euclid did not treat fully. They would present geometry with the precision required for general- ization and applications to new, delicate problems in higher mathematics—precision beyond the norm for most elementary classes. Work in this area was controversial: these mathematicians departed from tradition, criticized previous standards of rigor, and addressed fundamental questions in logic and philosophy of mathematics.2 After establishing background, this paper tells a story about research into the ques- tion, Which geometric concepts are most elementary? It describes a false start, some successful solutions, and a demonstration that one of those is in a sense optimal. -
NATALIA ANNA MICHNA LESZEK SOSNOWSKI Difficult Academic
Roman Ingarden and His Times https: //doi. org/10.12797 /9788381382106.04 DOMINIKA CZAKON NATALIA ANNA MICHNA LESZEK SOSNOWSKI Jagiellonian University in Krakow On the Difficult Academic and Personal Relationship of Roman Ingarden and Kazimierz Twardowski Abstract The present article has the character of a historical review concerning an import ant part of the biography of Roman Witold Ingarden. In his memoirs, Ingarden included several facts and accusations, and mentioned individuals who, in his opinion, had a negative influence on the development of his academic career, especially regarding his ability to obtain a position at Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv. The reasons for this, which were various and numerous, appeared from the moment Ingarden obtained habilitation. Not without significance were the opinions of his fellow philosophers concerning phenomenology in general and Ingardens research papers in particular. In each case, the focal point at which all academic and organisational events concerning philosophy converged was the person of Kazimierz Twardowski. A discussion of the period of their collaboration in Lviv is preceded by a presentation of the situation some years earlier, in which Ingarden combined work as a middle-school teacher, original philosophical work, and, finally, work on habilitation. Key words: Roman Ingarden, Kazimierz Twardowski, Edmund Husserl, Jan Ka zimierz University of Lviv, habilitation 64 Dominika Czakon · Natalia Anna Michna · Leszek Sosnowski In the Service of Philosophy As Ingarden’s correspondence shows, his relationship with Twardowski was very close, even cordial, although not devoid of the formalism resulting from the customs of that time. Ingarden kept Twardowski informed about private matters and turned to him for advice on academic, publishing, and occupational issues, the most important being the issue of habilitation. -
Polish Mathematicians and Mathematics in World War I. Part I: Galicia (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Science in Poland Stanisław Domoradzki ORCID 0000-0002-6511-0812 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Rzeszów (Rzeszów, Poland) [email protected] Małgorzata Stawiska ORCID 0000-0001-5704-7270 Mathematical Reviews (Ann Arbor, USA) [email protected] Polish mathematicians and mathematics in World War I. Part I: Galicia (Austro-Hungarian Empire) Abstract In this article we present diverse experiences of Polish math- ematicians (in a broad sense) who during World War I fought for freedom of their homeland or conducted their research and teaching in difficult wartime circumstances. We discuss not only individual fates, but also organizational efforts of many kinds (teaching at the academic level outside traditional institutions, Polish scientific societies, publishing activities) in order to illus- trate the formation of modern Polish mathematical community. PUBLICATION e-ISSN 2543-702X INFO ISSN 2451-3202 DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS CITATION Domoradzki, Stanisław; Stawiska, Małgorzata 2018: Polish mathematicians and mathematics in World War I. Part I: Galicia (Austro-Hungarian Empire. Studia Historiae Scientiarum 17, pp. 23–49. Available online: https://doi.org/10.4467/2543702XSHS.18.003.9323. ARCHIVE RECEIVED: 2.02.2018 LICENSE POLICY ACCEPTED: 22.10.2018 Green SHERPA / PUBLISHED ONLINE: 12.12.2018 RoMEO Colour WWW http://www.ejournals.eu/sj/index.php/SHS/; http://pau.krakow.pl/Studia-Historiae-Scientiarum/ Stanisław Domoradzki, Małgorzata Stawiska Polish mathematicians and mathematics in World War I ... In Part I we focus on mathematicians affiliated with the ex- isting Polish institutions of higher education: Universities in Lwów in Kraków and the Polytechnical School in Lwów, within the Austro-Hungarian empire. -
The Emergence of “Two Warsaws”: Transformation of the University In
The emergence of “two Warsaws”: Transformation of the University in Warsaw and the analysis of the role of young, talented and spirited mathematicians in this process Stanisław Domoradzki (University of Rzeszów, Poland), Margaret Stawiska (USA) In 1915, when the front of the First World War was moving eastwards, Warsaw, which had been governed by Russians for over a century, found itself under a German rule. In the summer of 1915 the Russians evacuated the Imperial University to Rostov-on-Don and in the fall of 1915 general Hans von Beseler opened a Polish-language University of Warsaw and gave it a statute. Many Poles from other occupied territories as well as those studying abroad arrived then to Warsaw, among others Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896–1980), from Glasgow. At the beginning Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888–1945) played the leading role in the university mathematics, joined in 1918 by Zygmunt Janiszewski (1888–1920) after complet- ing service in the Legions. The career of both scholars was related to scholarly activities of Wacław Sierpi ński (1882–1969) in Lwów. Janiszewski worked there since 1912, nostrified a doctorate from Sorbonne and got veniam legendi (1913), Mazurkiewicz obtained a doctorate (1913). During the war Sierpi ński was interned in Russia as an Austro-Hungarian subject. In 1918 he was nominated for a chair in mathematics at the University of Warsaw. The commu- nity congregating around these mathematicians managed to create somewhat later a solid mathematical school focused on set theory and its applications. It corresponded to a vision of a mathematical school presented by Janiszewski. Warsaw had an efficiently functioning mathematical community for several decades. -
San Antonio Presentation
Joint Mathematics Meetings Special Session on Mathematics in Poland: Interbellum, World War II, and Immediate Post-War Developments San Antonio, Texas 12 January 2015 Mathematicians and the 1920 Polish Soviet War James T. Smith, Professor Emeritus San Francisco State University Presentation derived from our new book: Cast . Wacław Sierpiński ..............1882–1969 Stefan Mazurkiewicz ............1888–1945 Stanisław Leśniewski............1886–1939 Alfred Teitelbaum (Tarski) ........1901–1983 Maria Witkowska (Tarska) .........1902–1990 Events known to historians of Poland, but not to historians of mathematics. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1619, at its maximum extent *———* Central Europe in 1914 *———* μ Eastern Front Line, 1916 Warsaw was relatively peaceful, until the armistice. *———* Central Europe in 1918 Poland’s Eastern Boundary in Dispute In Fall 1918 Alfred Teitelbaum entered the University of Warsaw . intending to concentrate in biology. But it closed for a year due to continuing strife with remaining German troops. For 1919/1920 Alfred re-enrolled, but in courses on mathematics and logic. Spring Semester Stefan Mazurkiewicz, calculus Wacław Sierpiński, number theory, measure theory Stanisław Leśniewski, foundations of math. Stefan Pieńkowski, physics New Poland, new University, new subject, new aspirations! [The portrait shown in San Antonio was incorrect.] Stefan Wacław Stanisław Mazurkiewicz Sierpiński Leśniewski • Polish mathematics was developing marvelously in 1920. • Mazurkiewicz and Sierpiński were invited to the 1920 IMC in Strasbourg. • But they declined. • What else were these 3 professors doing? *———* Central Europe in June 1920 Eastward Advance of the Polish Army Bolshevik freedom To Arms! Give you room This is what a village Give you freedom Hey! occupied by Bolsheviks Give you the land Whoever is a Pole looked like. -
Question of Methodology of Scientific Theories of Complex Reality
Global Spiral, ISSN: 1937-268X Published on Metanexus ( http://www.metanexus.net) Home > Question of Methodology of Scientific Theories of Complex Reality Question of Methodology of Scientific Theories of Complex Reality May 28, 2009 By Boguslawa Lewandowska [1] Introduction Einstein told Heisenberg that o nly theory decides what can be measured . Every scientific theory is an entity of logically compact generalizations deduced from established scientific facts, the generalizations being connected with the contemporary state of science. The purpose of such a theory is to explain the cause or the system of causes, conditions and circumstances of the original phenomena of interest to us. The complexity is a scientific theory [2] which asserts that some systems display behavioral phenomena that are completely inexplicable by any conventional analysis of the systems’ constituent parts. These phenomena, commonly referred to as emergent behaviours, seem to occur in many complex systems involving living organisms, such as a stock market [3] or the human brain (…). Precisely how to model such emergence—that is, to devise mathematical laws that will allow emergent behaviour to be explained and even predicted—is a major problem that has yet to be solved by complexity theorists. 1 Apart from the definitions of complexity, some of them being mathematical while others-informal, there exist also different methods of investigation and description of complexity. Although the sciences of complexity explore relatively new theoretical field, we already, at this stage, find a whole spectrum of approaches to the complexity issue lying between computational approaches to complexity in the tradition of information theory and cybernetics and the more conceptual approaches that we find in organicism, emergentism and systems theory 2.