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Andrzej Schinzel

Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (died 2021)

Born
April 5, 1937
Died
August 22, 2021
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1937

About Andrzej Schinzel

Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (5 April 1937 – 21 August 2021) was a Polish mathematician who specialised predominantly in number theory. == Education == Schinzel earned an MSc in 1958 from Warsaw University and a Ph.D. in 1960 from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences where he studied under Wacław Sierpiński, with a habilitation in 1962. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. == Career == Schinzel was a professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IM PAN). His principal interest was 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. He also proved Schinzel's theorem on the existence of circles through any given number of integer points. Schinzel authored over 200 research articles in various branches of number theory, including elementary, analytic and algebraic number theory. He served as the editor of Acta Arithmetica for over four decades. Schinzel collaborated with many colleagues, including Paul Erdős and Barbara Rokowska.

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Career and life highlights

Andrzej Schinzel timeline

  1. Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (5 April 1937 – 21 August 2021) was a Polish mathematician studying mainly number theory.
  2. Andrzej Schinzel was the oldest brother of a Polish chess master Władysław Schinzel (born 1943).

The world when Andrzej Schinzel was born

Andrzej Schinzel was born in 1937. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1937

  • #1 song"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Top movieSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Best-selling bookOf Mice and Men – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJoe Louis becomes heavyweight champion
  • Top headlineHindenburg zeppelin explodes in New Jersey
  • Technology milestoneGolden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco
  • Defining fadSwing music
  • Notable inventionShopping cart
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population128.8M

1937 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Andrzej Schinzel's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19372026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$3,000$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population128.8M341 million

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