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Alfred Tarski. Alfred Tarski ( January 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983) was a Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher.

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1 Alfred Tarski

2 Alfred Tarski ( January 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983) was a Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher.

3 Educated at the University of Warsaw and a member of the Lwów–Warsaw school of logic and the Warsaw school of mathematics and philosophy.

4 A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.

5 lfred Tarski was born Alfred Teitelbaum, to parents who were Polish Jews in comfortable circumstances. He first manifested his mathematical abilities while in secondary school, at Warsaw's Szkoła Mazowiecka.Nevertheless, he entered the University of Warsaw in 1918 intending to study biology.

6 Leśniewski recognized Tarski's potential as a mathematician and encouraged him to abandon biology. After becoming the youngest person ever to complete a doctorate at Warsaw University, Tarski taught logic at the Polish Pedagogical Institute, mathematics and logic at the University, and served as Łukasiewicz's assistant. Because these positions were poorly paid, Tarski also taught mathematics at a Warsaw secondary school; What was the name of Alfred when he was born? who helped him move to another profession? What he was most famous work?

7 Thank you for attention What he was most famous work? who helped him move to another profession?


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