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    Wacław Sierpiński

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    Born
    14 March 1882
    Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland)
    Died
    21 October 1969
    Warsaw, Poland
    Summary
    Sierpiński's most important work is in the area of set theory, point set topology and number theory.

    In set theory he made important contributions to the axiom of choice and to the continuum hypothesis.

    Biography

    Wacław Sierpiński's father was a doctor. He attended school in Warsaw where his talent for mathematics was quickly spotted by his first mathematics teacher.

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    • This was a period of Russian occupation of Poland and it was a difficult time for the gifted Sierpiński to be educated in Poland. The Russians had forced their language and culture on the Poles in sweeping changes to all secondary schools implemented between 1869 and 1874.

    The Russian aim was to keep illiteracy in Poland as high as possible, so they discouraged learning and the number of students fell.

    Despite the difficulties, Sierpiński entered the Department of M