Wacław Sierpiński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wacław Sierpiński

mathematician

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1882

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1969

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, topologist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Waclaw Franciszek Sierpinski (Polish: ['vat?swaf fra?'t???i??k ??r'p?i?sk?i] (listen)) (14 March 1882 – 21 October 1969) was a Polish mathematician.
He was known for contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions and topology.
He published over 700 papers and 50 books. Three well-known fractals are named after him (the Sierpinski triangle, the Sierpinski carpet and the Sierpinski curve), as are Sierpinski numbers and the associated Sierpinski problem.