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'''Stefan Emanuel "Steve" Warschawski''' (April 18, 1904 – May 5, 1989) was a mathematician, a professor and department chair at the [[University of Minnesota]] and the founder of the mathematics department at the [[University of California, San Diego]].
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|alma_mater = [[University of Göttingen]]<br>[[University of Königsberg]]
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|doctoral_advisor = [[Alexander Ostrowski]]
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'''Stefan Emanuel "Steve" Warschawski''' (April 18, 1904 – May 5, 1989) was a Russian-born American mathematician, a professor and department chair at the [[University of Minnesota]] and the founder of the mathematics department at the [[University of California, San Diego]].


==Early life and education==
Warschawski was born in [[Lida]], now in [[Belarus]]; at the time of his birth Lida was part of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="mactutor">{{MacTutor|id=Warschawski|title=Stefan E Warschawski}}.</ref><ref name="lesley">{{citation|first=F. David|last=Lesley|title=Biography of S. E. Warschawski|journal=Complex Variables, Theory and Application|volume=5|issue=2–4|year=1986|pages=95–109|doi=10.1080/17476938608814131}}.</ref><ref name="frr">{{citation|first1=Carl H.|last1=FitzGerald|first2=Burton|last2=Rodin|authorlink2=Burton Rodin|first3=Helmut|last3=Röhrl|authorlink3=Helmut Röhrl|contribution=Stefan E. Warschawski, Mathematics: San Diego|url=http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb4p30063r&doc.view=content&chunk.id=div00071&toc.depth=1&brand=calisphere&anchor.id=0|title=University of California: In Memoriam, 1989|publisher=University of California Academic Senate|year=1989|pages=199–201}}.</ref><ref name="latimes"/> His father was a Russian medical doctor, and his mother was ethnically German;<ref name="latimes">{{citation|title=Founded Mathematics Department at UCSD Prof. Stefan E. Warschawski Dies at 85|journal=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 10, 1989|first=Maureen|last=Fan}}.</ref> the family spoke German at home.<ref name="frr"/> In 1915, his family moved to [[Königsberg]], in [[Prussia]] (now [[Kaliningrad]], [[Russia]]), the home of his mother's family; Warschawski studied at the [[University of Königsberg]] until 1926 and then moved to the [[University of Göttingen]] for his doctoral studies under the supervision of [[Alexander Ostrowski]].<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="lesley"/><ref name="frr"/><ref name="mathgenealogy"/> Ostrowski soon moved to the [[University of Basel]] and Warschawski followed him there to complete his studies. After receiving his Ph.D., Warschawski took a position at Göttingen in 1930 but, due to the rise of [[Hitler]] and his own Jewish ancestry, he soon moved to [[Utrecht University]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]] and then [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="mactutor"/> After a sequence of temporary positions, he found a permanent faculty position at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] in 1939.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/> During [[World War II]] he moved to [[Brown University]] and then the University of Minnesota, where he remained until his 1963 move to San Diego, where he was the founding chair of the mathematics department.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/><ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://math.ucsd.edu/~chair/facultyhistory.html|title=UCSD Mathematics: Faculty History|publisher=UCSD Mathematics Department|accessdate=2009-09-07}}.</ref><ref name="scholarship">{{citation|url=http://math.ucsd.edu/programs/undergraduate/scholarship_winners/bishop_warsch_99_00.php|title=The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship|publisher=UCSD Mathematics Department|accessdate=2009-09-07}}.</ref> Warschawski stepped down as chair in 1967,<ref name="ilse"/> and retired in 1971, but remained active in research: approximately one third of his research publications were written after his retirement.<ref name="frr"/> Over the course of his career, he advised 19 Ph.D. students, all but one at either Minnesota or San Diego.<ref name="frr"/><ref name="mathgenealogy">{{MathGenealogy|id=43227|name=Stefan Warschawski}}</ref> [[Vernor Vinge]] is among Warschawski's doctoral students.<ref name="mathgenealogy"/>
Warschawski was born in [[Lida]], now in [[Belarus]]; at the time of his birth Lida was part of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name="mactutor">{{MacTutor|id=Warschawski|title=Stefan E Warschawski}}.</ref><ref name="lesley">{{citation|first=F. David|last=Lesley|title=Biography of S. E. Warschawski|journal=Complex Variables, Theory and Application|volume=5|issue=2–4|year=1986|pages=95–109|doi=10.1080/17476938608814131}}.</ref><ref name="frr">{{citation|first1=Carl H.|last1=FitzGerald|first2=Burton|last2=Rodin|authorlink2=Burton Rodin|first3=Helmut|last3=Röhrl|authorlink3=Helmut Röhrl|contribution=Stefan E. Warschawski, Mathematics: San Diego|url=http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb4p30063r&doc.view=content&chunk.id=div00071&toc.depth=1&brand=calisphere&anchor.id=0|title=University of California: In Memoriam, 1989|publisher=University of California Academic Senate|year=1989|pages=199–201}}.</ref><ref name="latimes"/> His father was a Russian medical doctor, and his mother was ethnically German;<ref name="latimes">{{citation|title=Founded Mathematics Department at UCSD Prof. Stefan E. Warschawski Dies at 85|journal=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 10, 1989|first=Maureen|last=Fan}}.</ref> the family spoke German at home.<ref name="frr"/> In 1915, his family moved to [[Königsberg]], in [[Prussia]] (now [[Kaliningrad]], [[Russia]]), the home of his mother's family.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/>


Warschawski studied at the [[University of Königsberg]] until 1926 and then moved to the [[University of Göttingen]] for his doctoral studies under the supervision of [[Alexander Ostrowski]].<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="lesley"/><ref name="frr"/><ref name="mathgenealogy"/> Ostrowski moved to the [[University of Basel]] and Warschawski followed him there to complete his studies.<ref name="mactutor"/>
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He was known for his research on [[complex analysis]] and in particular on [[conformal map]]s. He also made contributions to the theory of [[minimal surface]]s and [[harmonic function]]s.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/> The Noshiro–Warschawski theorem is named after Warschawski and Noshiro, who discovered it independently;<ref>{{citation|first=K.|last=Noshiro|title=On the theory of Schlicht functions|journal=J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Imperial Univ.|volume=2|pages=129–155|year=1934–1935}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|first=S.|last=Warschawski|year=1935|title=On the higher derivatives at the boundary in conformal mapping|journal=[[Transactions of the American Mathematical Society]]|volume=38|pages=310–340|doi=10.2307/1989685|jstor=1989685|issue=2|publisher=American Mathematical Society}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Quasidisks and the Noshiro-Warschawski criterion|first1=Martin|last1=Chuaqui|first2=Julian|last2=Gevirtz|journal=Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations|volume=48|issue=11|year=2003|pages=967–985|doi=10.1080/02781070310001617637}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|first=A. W.|last=Goodman|title=A note on the Noshiro-Warschawski theorem|journal=Journal d'Analyse Mathématique|volume=25|issue=1|year=1972|pages=401–408|doi=10.1007/BF02790048}}.</ref> it states that, if ƒ is an [[analytic function]] on the open [[unit disk]] such that the [[real part]] of its [[first derivative]] is [[positive number|positive]], then ƒ is one-to-one. In 1980 he solved the [[Visser–Ostrowski problem]] for derivatives of conformal mappings at the boundary.<ref>[[Burton Rodin]] and S. E. Warschawski, “On the derivative of the Riemann mapping function near a boundary point and the Visser-Ostroswki problem”, Mathematische Annalen, 248, (1980), 125&ndash;137.</ref>


==Career==
After receiving his Ph.D., Warschawski took a position at Göttingen in 1930 but, due to the rise of [[Hitler]] and his own Jewish ancestry, he soon moved to [[Utrecht University]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]] and then [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="mactutor"/>

After a sequence of temporary positions, he found a permanent faculty position at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] in 1939.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/> During [[World War II]] he moved to [[Brown University]] and then the University of Minnesota, where he remained until his 1963 move to San Diego, where he was the founding chair of the mathematics department.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/><ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://math.ucsd.edu/~chair/facultyhistory.html|title=UCSD Mathematics: Faculty History|publisher=UCSD Mathematics Department|accessdate=2009-09-07}}.</ref><ref name="scholarship">{{citation|url=http://math.ucsd.edu/programs/undergraduate/scholarship_winners/bishop_warsch_99_00.php|title=The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship|publisher=UCSD Mathematics Department|accessdate=2009-09-07}}.</ref> Warschawski stepped down as chair in 1967,<ref name="ilse"/> and retired in 1971, but remained active in research: approximately one third of his research publications were written after his retirement.<ref name="frr"/> Over the course of his career, he advised 19 Ph.D. students, all but one at either Minnesota or San Diego.<ref name="frr"/><ref name="mathgenealogy">{{MathGenealogy|id=43227|name=Stefan Warschawski}}</ref> [[Vernor Vinge]] is among Warschawski's doctoral students.<ref name="mathgenealogy"/>

==Research==
Warschawski was known for his research on [[complex analysis]] and in particular on [[conformal map]]s. He also made contributions to the theory of [[minimal surface]]s and [[harmonic function]]s.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="frr"/>

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The Noshiro–Warschawski theorem is named after Warschawski and Noshiro, who discovered it independently;<ref>{{citation|first=K.|last=Noshiro|title=On the theory of Schlicht functions|journal=J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Imperial Univ.|volume=2|pages=129–155|year=1934–1935|issue=3|doi=10.14492/hokmj/1531209828|doi-access=free|hdl=2115/55907|hdl-access=free}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|first=S.|last=Warschawski|year=1935|title=On the higher derivatives at the boundary in conformal mapping|journal=[[Transactions of the American Mathematical Society]]|volume=38|pages=310–340|doi=10.2307/1989685|jstor=1989685|issue=2|publisher=American Mathematical Society|doi-access=free}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Quasidisks and the Noshiro-Warschawski criterion|first1=Martin|last1=Chuaqui|first2=Julian|last2=Gevirtz|journal=Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations|volume=48|issue=11|year=2003|pages=967–985|doi=10.1080/02781070310001617637|s2cid=124760496}}.</ref><ref>{{citation|first=A. W.|last=Goodman|title=A note on the Noshiro-Warschawski theorem|journal=[[Journal d'Analyse Mathématique]]|volume=25|issue=1|year=1972|pages=401–408|doi=10.1007/BF02790048|doi-access=free|s2cid=120826315}}.</ref> it states that, if ''f'' is an [[analytic function]] on the open [[unit disk]] such that the [[real part]] of its [[first derivative]] is [[positive number|positive]], then ''f'' is [[injective function|one-to-one]].

In 1980, he solved the [[Visser–Ostrowski problem]] for derivatives of conformal mappings at the boundary.<ref>[[Burton Rodin]] and S. E. Warschawski, “On the derivative of the Riemann mapping function near a boundary point and the Visser-Ostrowski problem”, Mathematische Annalen, 248, (1980), 125&ndash;137.</ref>

==Legacy==
Warschawski was honored in 1978 by the creation of the Stefan E. Warschawski Assistant Professorship at San Diego.<ref name="frr"/> The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship was also given in his name in 1999–2000 to four UCSD undergraduates as a one-time award.<ref name="scholarship"/> His wife, Ilse, died in 2009 and left a US$1 million bequest to UCSD, part of which went towards endowing a professorship in the mathematics department.<ref name="ilse">{{citation|title=Ilse Warschawski Trust Gives $1 Million to Help UC San Diego Recruit Outstanding Scholars|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/campaign/05-09Warschawski.asp|date=May 13, 2009|first=Jade|last=Griffin|publisher=UC San Diego News Center}}.</ref>
Warschawski was honored in 1978 by the creation of the Stefan E. Warschawski Assistant Professorship at San Diego.<ref name="frr"/> The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship was also given in his name in 1999–2000 to four UCSD undergraduates as a one-time award.<ref name="scholarship"/> His wife, Ilse, died in 2009 and left a US$1 million bequest to UCSD, part of which went towards endowing a professorship in the mathematics department.<ref name="ilse">{{citation|title=Ilse Warschawski Trust Gives $1 Million to Help UC San Diego Recruit Outstanding Scholars|url=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/campaign/05-09Warschawski.asp|date=May 13, 2009|first=Jade|last=Griffin|publisher=UC San Diego News Center}}.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 03:12, 14 August 2024

Stefan Warschawski
Born(1904-04-18)18 April 1904
Lida, Russian Empire
Died5 May 1989(1989-05-05) (aged 85)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
University of Königsberg
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Washington University in St. Louis
Brown University
University of Minnesota
Doctoral advisorAlexander Ostrowski
Doctoral studentsVernor Vinge

Stefan Emanuel "Steve" Warschawski (April 18, 1904 – May 5, 1989) was a Russian-born American mathematician, a professor and department chair at the University of Minnesota and the founder of the mathematics department at the University of California, San Diego.

Early life and education

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Warschawski was born in Lida, now in Belarus; at the time of his birth Lida was part of the Russian Empire.[1][2][3][4] His father was a Russian medical doctor, and his mother was ethnically German;[4] the family spoke German at home.[3] In 1915, his family moved to Königsberg, in Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), the home of his mother's family.[1][3]

Warschawski studied at the University of Königsberg until 1926 and then moved to the University of Göttingen for his doctoral studies under the supervision of Alexander Ostrowski.[1][2][3][5] Ostrowski moved to the University of Basel and Warschawski followed him there to complete his studies.[1]

Career

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After receiving his Ph.D., Warschawski took a position at Göttingen in 1930 but, due to the rise of Hitler and his own Jewish ancestry, he soon moved to Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands and then Columbia University in New York City.[1]

After a sequence of temporary positions, he found a permanent faculty position at Washington University in St. Louis in 1939.[1][3] During World War II he moved to Brown University and then the University of Minnesota, where he remained until his 1963 move to San Diego, where he was the founding chair of the mathematics department.[1][3][4][6][7] Warschawski stepped down as chair in 1967,[8] and retired in 1971, but remained active in research: approximately one third of his research publications were written after his retirement.[3] Over the course of his career, he advised 19 Ph.D. students, all but one at either Minnesota or San Diego.[3][5] Vernor Vinge is among Warschawski's doctoral students.[5]

Research

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Warschawski was known for his research on complex analysis and in particular on conformal maps. He also made contributions to the theory of minimal surfaces and harmonic functions.[1][3]

The Noshiro–Warschawski theorem is named after Warschawski and Noshiro, who discovered it independently;[9][10][11][12] it states that, if f is an analytic function on the open unit disk such that the real part of its first derivative is positive, then f is one-to-one.

In 1980, he solved the Visser–Ostrowski problem for derivatives of conformal mappings at the boundary.[13]

Legacy

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Warschawski was honored in 1978 by the creation of the Stefan E. Warschawski Assistant Professorship at San Diego.[3] The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship was also given in his name in 1999–2000 to four UCSD undergraduates as a one-time award.[7] His wife, Ilse, died in 2009 and left a US$1 million bequest to UCSD, part of which went towards endowing a professorship in the mathematics department.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Stefan E Warschawski", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews.
  2. ^ a b Lesley, F. David (1986), "Biography of S. E. Warschawski", Complex Variables, Theory and Application, 5 (2–4): 95–109, doi:10.1080/17476938608814131.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j FitzGerald, Carl H.; Rodin, Burton; Röhrl, Helmut (1989), "Stefan E. Warschawski, Mathematics: San Diego", University of California: In Memoriam, 1989, University of California Academic Senate, pp. 199–201.
  4. ^ a b c Fan, Maureen (May 10, 1989), "Founded Mathematics Department at UCSD Prof. Stefan E. Warschawski Dies at 85", Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ a b c Stefan Warschawski at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ UCSD Mathematics: Faculty History, UCSD Mathematics Department, retrieved 2009-09-07.
  7. ^ a b The Stephen E. Warschawski Memorial Scholarship, UCSD Mathematics Department, retrieved 2009-09-07.
  8. ^ a b Griffin, Jade (May 13, 2009), Ilse Warschawski Trust Gives $1 Million to Help UC San Diego Recruit Outstanding Scholars, UC San Diego News Center.
  9. ^ Noshiro, K. (1934–1935), "On the theory of Schlicht functions", J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Imperial Univ., 2 (3): 129–155, doi:10.14492/hokmj/1531209828, hdl:2115/55907.
  10. ^ Warschawski, S. (1935), "On the higher derivatives at the boundary in conformal mapping", Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 38 (2), American Mathematical Society: 310–340, doi:10.2307/1989685, JSTOR 1989685.
  11. ^ Chuaqui, Martin; Gevirtz, Julian (2003), "Quasidisks and the Noshiro-Warschawski criterion", Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations, 48 (11): 967–985, doi:10.1080/02781070310001617637, S2CID 124760496.
  12. ^ Goodman, A. W. (1972), "A note on the Noshiro-Warschawski theorem", Journal d'Analyse Mathématique, 25 (1): 401–408, doi:10.1007/BF02790048, S2CID 120826315.
  13. ^ Burton Rodin and S. E. Warschawski, “On the derivative of the Riemann mapping function near a boundary point and the Visser-Ostrowski problem”, Mathematische Annalen, 248, (1980), 125–137.
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