The Kuratowski Prize (

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: ''Nagroda im. Kazimierza Kuratowskiego'') is a Polish annual

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award conferred jointly by the

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(PAN) and the

Polish Mathematical Society The Polish Mathematical Society () is the main professional society of Polish mathematicians and represents Polish mathematics within the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU). History The society was ...

(PTM) for contributions in the field of mathematics granted to individuals under the age of 30. It is named in honour of Polish mathematician and logician

Kazimierz Kuratowski Kazimierz Kuratowski (; 2 February 1896 – 18 June 1980) was a Polish mathematician and logician. He was one of the leading representatives of the Warsaw School of Mathematics. He worked as a professor at the University of Warsaw and at the Ma ...

(1896–1980).

Description and history

The prize was established in 1981 on the initiative of physician and politician Zofia Kuratowska, who was personally the daughter of Kazimierz Kuratowski. It is presented annually by the

Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences The Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences ( Polish: ''Instytut Matematyczny Polskiej Akademii Nauk'') is a research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) headquartered in Warsaw at 8 Śniadeckich Street.

and the

(''Polskie Towarzystwo Matematyczne''). The Kuratowski Prize ceremony takes place during the scientific session of the Polish Mathematical Society and the laureate of the prize is invited to give a speech on a chosen subject. It is considered the most prestigious award for young mathematicians in Poland. In 2015, Joanna Kułaga-Przymus became the first woman to be awarded the prize. As of 2024, there have been two women mathematicians to receive this recognition, the other being Agnieszka Hejna (2023). Notable laureates of the prize have included two

Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science The Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science () is the most prestigious scientific award in Poland given every year from 1992 by a non-governmental non-profit Polish organization, Foundation for Polish Science (). The prize is widely regarded a ...

winners:

Mariusz Lemańczyk Mariusz Tomasz Lemańczyk (born 3 February 1958) is a Polish mathematician known for his contributions in ergodic theory and dynamical systems. Life and career He graduated from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in 1981, in mathemati ...

(1987) and

Tomasz Łuczak Tomasz Łuczak (born 13 March 1963 in Poznań) is a Polish mathematician and professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Emory University. His main field of research is combinatorics, specifically discrete structures, such as random grap ...

(1997);

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winner Wojciech Samotij (2013); and Stefan Banach Prize winner Jerzy Weyman (1984).

Laureates

The list of recipients of the Kuratowski Prize: * Borys Kuca (2024) * Agnieszka Hejna (2023) * Jakub Skrzeczkowski (2022) * Wojciech Górny, Marcin Sroka (2021) * Mateusz Wasilewski (2020) * Joachim Jelisiejew (2019) * Piotr Pokora (2018) *

Adam Kanigowski Adam Kanigowski (born 15 April 1989) is a Polish mathematician specializing in dynamical systems and ergodic theory. He is a professor at the University of Maryland. Education Kanigowski was born in Toruń. He earned his master's degree in ...

(2017) * Piotr Achinger (2016) * Joanna Kułaga-Przymus, Mateusz Michałek (2015) * Kamil Kaleta (2014) * Wojciech Samotij (2013) * Mateusz Kwaśnicki (2012) * Piotr Przytycki (2011) * Sławomir Dinew (2010) * Radosław Adamczak (2009) * Adam Skalski (2008) *

Mikołaj Bojańczyk Mikołaj Bojańczyk (born 1977) is a Polish theoretical computer science, theoretical computer scientist and logician known for settling open problems on Tree walking automaton, tree walking automata jointly with Thomas Colcombet, and for contrib ...

(2007) * Krzysztof Krupiński (2006) * Grzegorz Bobiński, Tomasz Schreiber (2005) * Dariusz Buraczewski (2004) * Piotr Śniady (2003) * Adrian Langer (2002) * Grzegorz Zwara (2001) * Krzysztof Oleszkiewicz (2000) * Stanisław Kasjan (1999) *

Michał Kwieciński Michał Kwieciński (born 1 May 1951) is a Polish producer, director, and screenwriter. He founded the production company Akson Studio. Early life Kwieciński earned a doctorate in organic chemistry from the Polish Academy of Sciences before lat ...

(1998) * Rafał Latała (1997) * Jacek Zienkiewicz (1996) * Piotr Hajłasz, Jerzy Marcinkowski (1995) * Jacek Graczyk (1994) * Waldemar Hebisch (1993) * Zbigniew Jelonek (1992) *

(1991) *

Jarosław Wiśniewski Jarosław (; , ; ; ) is a town in southeastern Poland, situated on the San River. The town had 35,475 inhabitants in 2023. It is the capital of Jarosław County in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. History Jarosław is located in the territory of ...

(1990) * Adam Parusiński (1989) * Piotr Biler (1988) *

(1987) * Krzysztof Ciesielski (1986) * Marusz Wodzicki (1985) * Piotr Pragacz, Jerzy Weyman (1984) * Józef H. Przytycki (1983) * Ryszard Frankiewicz (1982) * Feliks Przytycki (1981)

References

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Description and history

Laureates

See also

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