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Wacław Sierpiński
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Real name : | Wacław Sierpiński |
Date of birth : | 1882-03-14 |
Date of death : | 1969-10-21 |
Nationality : | Polish |
Wikipedia entry : | Wacław Sierpiński |
Waclaw Sierpiński (∗ 1882-03-14; † 1969-10-21) was a Polish mathematician contributing in number theory and others.
In 1960, he proved there are infinitely many odd integers k (named Sierpiński numbers after him) such that k•2n+1 is composite for all n.