Born out of wedlock and raised in a foster family, Stefan Banach showed outstanding mathematical abilities from an early age. A chance meeting in the Planty Park in Krakow with Dr. Hugo Steinhaus resulted in Banach's assistantship at the ...See moreBorn out of wedlock and raised in a foster family, Stefan Banach showed outstanding mathematical abilities from an early age. A chance meeting in the Planty Park in Krakow with Dr. Hugo Steinhaus resulted in Banach's assistantship at the Department of Mathematics at the Lviv University of Technology. Without yet having completed his studies, he obtained his doctorate at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv. His discoveries had and still have a major impact on scientific research and applications in industry, medicine and the digitalization of the modern world, including: computed tomography, luggage x-ray and computer simulations used in aviation. Written by
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