La teoría de conjuntos en el periodo Entreguerras: la internacionalización de la matemática polaca a través de Fundamenta Mathematicae y Sierpínski

Abstract

In this thesis some aspects of the historical development of set theory are tackled, since its birth in the 1870s until the beginning of the second World war in 1939, making stress in Varsovia, in the period from 1920 to 1939, in the journal Fundamenta Mathematicae and in the Sierpi´nski’s work. In this sense, a historical study of set theory in the Varsovia’s school during the interwar period is made, assessing the facts that brought the mathematical community in Poland to acquire international recognition. Between them, the birth of the journal Fundamenta Mathematicae as an entity for spreading the work of mathematicians of the Varsovia’s school, which become expert in set theory and similar branchs. It is also studied the Sierpinski’s work in regard to set theory.

Date of Award	21 Nov 2014
Original language	Spanish
Awarding Institution	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Supervisor	José Ferreirós (Director) & Xavier Roqué (Tutor)