Stanisław Mazur
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Stanisław Mieczysław Mazur was a Polish mathematician, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and one of the leading representatives of the Lwów School of Mathematics
Stanisław Mazur in 1966
Mazur awards a live goose to Per Enflo, who solved Mazur's 1936 problem in the Scottish book. The photograph comes from the book Pół wieku matematyki polskiej 1920-1970 ("Half a Century of Polish Mathematics 1920-1970").
Per Enflo
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Per H. Enflo is a Swedish mathematician working primarily in functional analysis, a field in which he solved problems that had been considered fundamental. Three of these problems had been open for mo
Stanisław Mazur
…with Mazur promising a "live goose" as a reward: 37 years later and in a ceremony that was broadcast throughout Poland, Mazur awarded a live goose to Per Enflo for constructing a counter-example. In 1939, he became a deputy to the People’s Assembly of Western Ukraine; from 1940 he served as a councillor on the…
Enflo in 1972
In 1937, Polish mathematician Stanisław Mazur promised a "live goose" as the prize for solving problem 153 in the Scottish Book. In 1972, Mazur presented the goose to Per Enflo.
A concert pianist, Per Enflo debuted at the Stockholm Concert Hall in 1963.