About Józef Marcinkiewicz
Józef Marcinkiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjuzɛf mart͡ɕinˈkʲjɛvit͡ʂ]; 30 March 1910 in Cimoszka, near Białystok, Poland – 1940 in Kharkiv, USSR) was a Polish mathematician who worked at the Stefan Batory University in Vilnius. He is considered one of the most prominent Polish mathematicians of the Interwar period. Despite his short career, he made substantial contributions to real analysis, Fourier analysis, interpolation theory, orthogonal series, complex analysis, and probability theory. Concepts named after Marcinkiewicz include the Marcinkiewicz multiplier theorem, Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem, and Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequality. Following the outbreak of World War II, Marcinkiewicz enlisted in the Polish Army and, in 1940, he fell victim to the Soviet-perpetrated Katyn massacre. Józef Marcinkiewicz (Polish pronunciation:; 30 March 1910 in Cimoszka, near Białystok, Poland – 1940 in Kharkiv, USSR) was a Polish mathematician. Polish Mathematical Society List of Polish mathematicians Dabrowski, Kazimierz; Hensz-Chadzyńska, Ewa (2002), "Józef Marcinkiewicz (1910–1940). Biography of Józef Marcinkiewicz Józef Marcinkiewicz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
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