Exploring the world with mathematics

Michael C. Mackey

Published: 2009-09-30

Vol. 23 (2009)

Exploring the world with mathematics

Michael C. Mackey

Abstract

This is an account of my scientific and personal friendship with Prof. Andrzej (Andy) Aleksander Lasota from 1977 until his death 28 December, 2006. It is a tale that fascinates me because of the intertwined links between many people both East and West of several generations, and it illustrates what I feel is the strength and beauty of the personal side of the scientific endeavor.
This contribution is almost identical to the paper “Adventures in Poland: Having fun and doing research with Andrzej Lasota”, Matematyka Stosowana 8 (2007), 5–32. It is in no way to be considered a new contribution, but is rather a record of the second Annual Lecture Commemorating Professor Andrzej Lasota given in Katowice at Uniwersytet Slaski on 16 January, 2009.

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Mackey, M. C. (2009). Exploring the world with mathematics. Annales Mathematicae Silesianae, 23, 11–42. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/AMSIL/article/view/14040

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Vol. 23 (2009)
Published: 2009-09-30

ISSN: 0860-2107

eISSN: 2391-4238

10.1515/amsil

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