Andrzej Schinzel

Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (born April 5, 1937)[1] is a Polish mathematician, studying mainly number theory.

Andrzej Schinzel and Adam Grygiel in 2010
Andrzej Schinzel
Andrzej Schinzel in 1974
(photo from MFO)
Born (1937-04-05) April 5, 1937
Sandomierz, Poland
Nationality Poland
Alma materWarsaw University
Known forSchinzel's hypothesis H
Davenport–Schinzel sequence
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPolish Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorWacław Sierpiński
Doctoral studentsHenryk Iwaniec

Education

Schinzel received MSc in 1958 at Warsaw University, Ph.D in 1960 from Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences where he studied under Wacław Sierpiński,[2] with a habilitation in 1960. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[3]

Career

Schinzel is a professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IM PAN). His principal interest is the theory of polynomials. His 1958 conjecture on the prime values of polynomials, known as Schinzel's hypothesis H, both extends the Bunyakovsky conjecture and broadly generalizes the twin prime conjecture.

Schinzel is the author of over 200 research articles in various branches of number theory, including elementary, analytic and algebraic number theory. He has also been the editor of Acta Arithmetica for over four decades.

References
  1. H. Iwaniec; W. Narkiewicz; J. Urbanowicz, eds. (2007). "Preface" (pdf). Andrzej Schinzel, Selecta. 1. doi:10.4171/038. ISBN 978-3-03719-038-8. MR 2383194. Zbl 1115.11002.
  2. Andrzej Schinzel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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