Warmus, Mieczysław
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- Polish Wikipedia WWW site, Mar. 28, 2008(Mieczysław Warmus; pseudonym: "Mruk"; b. June 1, 1918; d. Sept. 20, 2007, Australia; Polish mathematician)
- Nomographic functions, 1959:t.p. (M. Warmus)
- LC in OCLC, July 10, 1997(hdg.: Warmus, Mieczysław; usage: M. Warmus)
- OCLC, July 10, 1997(hdg.: Warmus, Mieczyslaw, Warmus, Mieczysław; usage: M. Warmus, Mieczysław Warmus, Mieczyslaw Warmus, Warmus Mieczysław)
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Mieczysław Jan Warmus (born 1 June 1918 in Dobrowlany, Poland (now Дабраўляны, Беларусь); died 20 September 2007 in Wollongong, Australia). He was a Polish mathematician, a pioneer of computer science in Poland, professor, university lecturer, author of over a hundred scientific papers. He defended his PhD at Wrocław University based on dissertation Calculating Areas of Flat Surfaces Using Parallelogram Grids under Hugo Steinhaus' supervision. The habilitation thesis titled "Nomogrammable Functions" was defended on February 22, 1958. By a resolution dated May 29, 1958, the Central Qualification Committee for Scientific Workers awarded Associate Professor Dr. habil. Mieczysław Warmus the academic title of Extraordinary Professor. Warmus died on September 20, 2007, in Wollongong, Australia. He was buried on October 2, 2007, at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
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