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==Academic Career==
==Academic Career==
In [[1963]] at the [[Wrocław University]] he defended his doctoral thesis "On certain properties of recursive and weak-recursive spaces" written under the supervision of [[Władysław Ślebodziński]], and next, in [[1974]] he obtained his habilitation. He was awarded the title of professor of mathematical sciences in [[1992]]. He was an employee of the Mathematical Institute of the [[Wrocław University|University of Wrocław]], where he was deputy director of the Mathematical Institute, vice-dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and for many years he headed the Department of Geometry<ref name=WKR2016UWr>{{cite web | url = http://www.wmi.uni.wroc.pl/pl/node/259| title = ''Żegnamy prof. Witolda Rotera'' | access-date= 2021-04-25 | publisher = [[Uniwersytet Wrocławski]], Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki | language = pl}}</ref>, and the Institute of Mathematics of the Wrocław University of Technology{{r|ZOlszak2016}}.
In [[1963]] at the [[Wrocław University]] he defended his doctoral thesis "On certain properties of recursive and weak-recursive spaces" written under the supervision of [[Władysław Ślebodziński]]<ref name=PhDgenWR>{{mathgenealogy|112337}}</ref>, and next, in [[1974]] he obtained his habilitation. He was awarded the title of professor of mathematical sciences in [[1992]]. He was an employee of the Mathematical Institute of the [[Wrocław University|University of Wrocław]], where he was deputy director of the Mathematical Institute, vice-dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and for many years he headed the Department of Geometry<ref name=WKR2016UWr>{{cite web | url = http://www.wmi.uni.wroc.pl/pl/node/259| title = ''Żegnamy prof. Witolda Rotera'' | access-date= 2021-04-25 | publisher = [[Uniwersytet Wrocławski]], Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki | language = pl}}</ref>, and the Institute of Mathematics of the Wrocław University of Technology{{r|ZOlszak2016}}.


In the years [[1989]]-[[1991]] he was the president of the Wrocław Branch of [[Polish Mathematical Society]], and in the years [[1996]]-[[2004]] the president of the Scholarship Foundation of Wrocław Mathematicians.
In the years [[1989]]-[[1991]] he was the president of the Wrocław Branch of [[Polish Mathematical Society]], and in the years [[1996]]-[[2004]] the president of the Scholarship Foundation of Wrocław Mathematicians.

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Witold Kazimierz Roter (September 20, 1932 - June 19, 2015 in Wrocław[1][2]) was a prominent member of the Polish School of Mathematics[3], expert in differential geometry.

Witold Kazimier Roter
Born(1932-09-20)20 September 1932
Died19 June 2015(2015-06-19) (aged 82)
Alma materWrocław University
Known forDifferential Geometry
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta Fifth Class Gold Cross of Merit
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWrocław University of Technology
Doctoral advisorWładysław Ślebodziński[4]
Doctoral studentsCzesław Konopka, Edward Głodek, Andrzej Gębarowski, Andrzej Derdziński, Zbigniew Olszak, Ryszard Deszcz, Marian Hotloś, Wiesław Grycak, Marek Lewkowicz

Early life and education

Plaque in the Secondary School in Nowa Ruda

Witold Kazimierz Roter was born on September 20, 1932 in Zabrze-Pawłów[5]. He attended primary and then secondary school in Zabrze, and next, he studied mathematics at the University of Wrocław - 1st degree studies in 1950-1953 and 2nd degree studies (extramural) in 1955–1958. In 1958 he obtained a master's degree in mathematics. In 1953, after completing the first cycle of studies, he was ordered to work as a teacher at the Nowa Ruda Primary School No. 1 and in the Secondary School[5]. He worked there until 1961[6]. In the same year, he was accepted as a senior assistant at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Wrocław[5].

Witold Kazimierz Roter died on June 19, 2015 in Wrocław. He is buried at Osobowice Cemetery[2] in Wrocław

Witold Roter. A stone pillar in Nowa Ruda

Academic Career

In 1963 at the Wrocław University he defended his doctoral thesis "On certain properties of recursive and weak-recursive spaces" written under the supervision of Władysław Ślebodziński[7], and next, in 1974 he obtained his habilitation. He was awarded the title of professor of mathematical sciences in 1992. He was an employee of the Mathematical Institute of the University of Wrocław, where he was deputy director of the Mathematical Institute, vice-dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and for many years he headed the Department of Geometry[8], and the Institute of Mathematics of the Wrocław University of Technology[5].

In the years 1989-1991 he was the president of the Wrocław Branch of Polish Mathematical Society, and in the years 1996-2004 the president of the Scholarship Foundation of Wrocław Mathematicians.

Contributions

Andrzej Derdiński writes about his contribution to the development of differential geometry[9] [10] [5]. Since 1961 he published more than 36 scientific papers. A summary of his most important works can be found in Mathematical Reviews[11]and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik[12].

Honors and awards

For all his professional achievements, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 1983 he was awarded the Tadeusz Ważewski Prize[13].

June 2, 2017, at the Secondary School im. Henryk Sienkiewicz in Nowa Ruda, a plaque dedicated to the professor was unveiled, and an obelisk with a commemorative plaque[6] was unveiled in the square at the Market Square, which was named after Witold Roter.


References

  1. ^ "Zmarł Profesor Witold Roter (1932–2015)" (in Polish). Polish Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  2. ^ a b "Grave record for Witold Kazimierz Roter (September 20, 1932 – June 19, 2015), BillionGraves Record 34900740 Wrocław, wrocławski, dolnośląskie, Poland". K. Szajowski. Otter Creek Holdings, LLC. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. ^ "prof. zw. dr hab. Witold Roter". Nowa Nauka Polska (in Polish). National Information Processing Institute. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Witold Roter in Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Olszak, Zbigniew (2016). "Witold Kazimierz Roter (1932-2015)". Wiadomości Matematyczne. 52 (1): 153–157. doi:10.14708/wm.v52i1.3383. ISSN 2080-5519.
  6. ^ a b "Skwer Rotera". Noworudzianin (in Polish). 281: 7. 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ Witold Roter at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  8. ^ "Żegnamy prof. Witolda Rotera" (in Polish). Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  9. ^ Derdziński, Andrzej (2017). "Witold Roter (1932--2015)". Colloquium Mathematicum. 150 (1): 1––8. doi:10.4064/cm7409s-9-2017. ISSN 0010-1354.
  10. ^ Derdziński, Andrzej (2016). "On the scientific achievements of Witold Roter". Wiadomości Matematyczne. 52 (2): 299–313. doi:10.14708/wm.v52i2.3299. ISSN 2080-5519.
  11. ^ Roter, Witold Kazimierz (1961). "List of publications in MathSciNet". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  12. ^ Witold Kazimierz Roter (1961). "List of publications in zbMATH". FIZ Karlsruhe GmbH. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  13. ^ Roter, Witold (1983). ""Laureates of Tadeusz Ważewski's Prize"" (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-05-02.



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