Zygmunt Janiszewski

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Zygmunt Janiszewski (b. June 12, 1888 in Warsaw – d. January 3, 1920 in Lwów, Poland) was a Polish mathematician.

Janiszewski taught at the University of Lwów and was professor at the University of Warsaw. At the outbreak of World War I he was a soldier in the Polish Legions of Józef Piłsudski.

In 1920, Janiszewski, together with Wacław Sierpiński and Stefan Mazurkiewicz, founded mathematical journal Fundamenta Mathematica.

Janiszewski spent the inherited family property left by his father for charity and education. His main interest was topology.

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