Barbara Rokowska
Barbara Rokowska | |
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| Born | 15 April 1926 Toroszówce n. Krosno |
| Died | 1 June 2012 (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | Wrocław University |
| Known for | Construction of non-isomorfic Steiner systems |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Ossolineum Wrocław University of Technology |
| Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski[2] | |
Barbara Rokowska (1926–2012) was a Polish mathematician known for her work on Steiner systems and certain problems posed by Paul Erdős. She was a professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
Rokowska received an undergraduate degree in Polish from the University of Wrocław in 1951. She later began a second degree program at the University of Wrocław in mathematics. While pursuing her studies, she worked as a technical editor for mathematics journals including Colloquium Mathematicum. That journal received a submission from Erdős involving an estimate of a certain integral depending on k parameters. Though interesting, the submission was hastily written and incomplete. Rokowska's master's thesis filled in the details of Erdős' work. One of her first papers, written in collaboration with Andrzej Schinzel, treated a number theory problem also posed by Erdős.[3]
Rokowska received her PhD, on Steiner systems, in 1966. Her doctoral advisor was Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski. She had 5 PhD students of her own.[2]
She[1] is buried at the Osobowicki Cemetery in Wrocław[4] [section 134, row 6, grave 192].[5][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Barbara Rokowska, Wrocław, 05.06.2012 - nekrolog". nekrologi.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Barbara Rokowska - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ Szajowski, Krzysztof (2024). "Barbara Rokowska's combinatorial research with her extensive biography (1926–2012)". Antiq. Math. 18: 191–218.
- ↑ "Matematyczne zaduszki | Wrocławski Portal Matematyczny - Matematyka jest ciekawa". www.matematyka.wroc.pl. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ Cui. "Groby 0.9.6". groby.cui.wroclaw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ "Barbara Rokowska (1926 - 2012)". BillionGraves. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
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