Ericpol supports science
The International Stefan Banach Prize for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Mathematical Sciences is a joint initiative of Ericpol Telecom – a leading Polish IT company – and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize reflects Ericpol Telecom's appreciation of the crucial role played by mathematical reasoning in the contemporary world. Its aim is to promote and financially support the most promising young researchers in mathematical sciences.
The prize – funded by Ericpol Telecom and awarded by a jury nominated by the Polish Mathematical Society – in 2010 is worth 20,000 PLN.
The winner will be invited to deliver a lecture at the annual Forum of Polish Mathematicians to be held in Olsztyn, in Summer 2010.
- The initiative to establish the International Stefan Banach Prize is supposed to support mathematics. Without poetry or the fine arts, the world would be incomplete, but without mathematics, contemporary civilisation simply would not exist. It needs to be remembered all the more so because in recent years, the authority of mathematics in Poland has deteriorated and its role in the educational process has been reduced. We hope that the award will allow remarkable people to realise their creative needs, and at the same time we will be able to remind the world of a great Polish scientist, whose work and life embody, in a fascinating way, the strength and beauty of a human mind. - claims Jan Smela, President of Ericpol Telecom.
Stefan Banach (1892-1945) – the founder of functional analysis and the patron of the prize – symbolizes the values of talent, hard-work and determination. Banach, known also for his talent and unconventional approach to research, rose to prominence as one of the most famous mathematicians in the world. Banach was born in 1892 and spent his youth in Krakow. He studied at the Technical University in Lviv. In 1920, without completing a university level mathematical education, he received the doctoral degree in mathematics from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv, where after four years he became a full professor. In 1935 he was invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo. Shortly before World War II Banach was elected President of the Polish Mathematical Society. Banach died in Lviv in the Summer of 1945.
See more at The International Stefan Banach Prize for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Mathematical Sciences site.
The prize – funded by Ericpol Telecom and awarded by a jury nominated by the Polish Mathematical Society – in 2010 is worth 20,000 PLN.
The winner will be invited to deliver a lecture at the annual Forum of Polish Mathematicians to be held in Olsztyn, in Summer 2010.
- The initiative to establish the International Stefan Banach Prize is supposed to support mathematics. Without poetry or the fine arts, the world would be incomplete, but without mathematics, contemporary civilisation simply would not exist. It needs to be remembered all the more so because in recent years, the authority of mathematics in Poland has deteriorated and its role in the educational process has been reduced. We hope that the award will allow remarkable people to realise their creative needs, and at the same time we will be able to remind the world of a great Polish scientist, whose work and life embody, in a fascinating way, the strength and beauty of a human mind. - claims Jan Smela, President of Ericpol Telecom.
Stefan Banach (1892-1945) – the founder of functional analysis and the patron of the prize – symbolizes the values of talent, hard-work and determination. Banach, known also for his talent and unconventional approach to research, rose to prominence as one of the most famous mathematicians in the world. Banach was born in 1892 and spent his youth in Krakow. He studied at the Technical University in Lviv. In 1920, without completing a university level mathematical education, he received the doctoral degree in mathematics from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv, where after four years he became a full professor. In 1935 he was invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo. Shortly before World War II Banach was elected President of the Polish Mathematical Society. Banach died in Lviv in the Summer of 1945.
See more at The International Stefan Banach Prize for a Doctoral Dissertation in the Mathematical Sciences site.
