Background
His father was January Leonard Jaworowski, and his mother—Helena (maiden name Heybowicz).
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January Jaworowski
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Education
He graduated (got master"s degree) from the mathematical department of the University of Warsaw.
Career
He got his Doctor of Philosophy from the Polish Academy of Science in 1955, in Algebraic topology, under Karol Borsuk. He generalized the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem about antipodes. He taught at University of Warsaw, University of Ljubljana, and for years at The Indiana University Bloomington.
He published 64 papers and was a promotor of at least 11 doctoral theses.
Jaworowski specialized in the transformation groups theory.
Membership
He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study during the 1960/61.
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April 10, 2013 (aged 85)