Polish mathematical school between the two world wars.

                       

Lens, from 21 to 22 Novembre 2014
Organized by the Cultural Insitute of Polish Studies and the Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Lens ,
with the support of Embassy of Poland in Paris .


organisers: F. Brechenmacher, G. Jouve, P. Lefèvre, J. Matczuk, M. Saralegi.



For more information, contact Pascal Lefèvre

Place

Salle des Thèses, Bâtiment Prestige
Faculté Jean Perrin (Université d'Artois)

Friday 21 Novembre

  • 9h00 - 9h45: Reception of the participants.
  • 9h45-10h00: Brief introduction.
  • 10h00 - 11h00: W. Żelazko (Warszawa) A short history of Polish Mathematics
  • 11h10 - 12h10: L. Maligranda (Luleå) Lwów School of Mathematics 1918-1939
Lunch
  • 14h00 - 15h00: F. Jaeck (Sphere,Paris VII) Stephan Banach spaces and linear operations
  • 15h10 - 16h10: K. Ciesielski (Kraków) Mathematics in Kraków between the world wars
Cofee break
  • 16h40 - 17h40: R. Murawski (Poznań) Logic and foundations of mathematics in Poland between the two world wars
Informal discussions

Saturday 22 Novembre

  • 13h45: Welcome and Introduction
  • 14h20 - 14h50: G. Garçon (ICEP) Présentation du contexte géopolitique de la Pologne 1918-1939.
  • 15h00 - 16h00: J. P. Kahane (Académie des Sciences) Aperçu sur l'influence de l'École mathématique polonaise 1918-1939
  • 16h10 - 17h10: P. Guillot (Paris VIII) Les mathématiciens polonais au cœur du décryptement de la machine Enigma, 1932-1942
Polish buffet

A visit to the Louvre-Lens for the registered participants is scheduled on Saturday, November the 22nd (10:30 am), subject to availability.