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Mathematician Piotr 贬补箩艂补蝉锄 wins Poland鈥檚 Sierpi艅ski Medal

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Piotr 贬补箩艂补蝉锄, a professor and graduate director of the Department of Mathematics, is the 2021 recipient of Poland's Sierpi艅ski Medal.

The award is given to outstanding mathematicians with Polish associations. 贬补箩艂补蝉锄, who received his doctorate from the University of Warsaw, received this honor from his alma mater and the Polish Mathematical Society. The international award is the highest honor presented by the two institutions and has recognized outstanding mathematics contributors since the medal's inception in 1974.

贬补箩艂补蝉锄's research focuses on analysis and partial differential equations, topology and differential geometry.听His work has been published by the American Mathematical Society, the Cornell University-owned arXiv, an open-access repository of electronic preprints and post-prints, the University of Warsaw鈥檚 Institute of Applied Mathematics and more.

Celebration of the award included Thursday's Wac艂aw Sierpi艅ski lecture, given by the laureate.

The award is in memory of Polish mathematician Wac艂aw Sierpi艅ski (1862-1962), renowned for his work in set theory, the theory of irrational numbers and the theory of numbers.

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