Stanisław Ulam

Stanisław Ulam (1909–1984) was an American mathematician, university teacher and physicist.

Also recorded as Stanislaw Ulam.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Stanisław Marcin Ulam.

Born at Lviv in 1909, died at Santa Fe in 1984.

In detail

Stanisław Ulam studied at Lviv Polytechnic. Paul Kelly is recorded as having studied under Stanisław Ulam. the recorded working language is English and Polish.

The field of work recorded is mathematics, applied mathematics and Monte Carlo method.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University, University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Florida. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences and American Philosophical Society.

Works named in the authority record are Borsuk–Ulam theorem, Kuratowski–Ulam theorem, Mazur–Ulam theorem, Hyers–Ulam–Rassias stability, Ulam spiral and Collatz sequence.

Distinctions recorded are John von Neumann Prize and Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Sources

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