# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karol-borsuk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:27:54.665Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/karol-borsuk"
name: "Karol Borsuk"
slug: "karol-borsuk"
description: "Karol Borsuk was a Polish mathematician. His main area of interest was topology. He made significant contributions to shape theory, a term which he coined. He also obtained important results in functional analysis. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Warsaw, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Mathematical Society and a leading representative of the Warsaw School of Mathematics."
tagline: "Polish mathematician (1905–1982)"
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birthDate: "1905-05-08"
deathDate: "1982-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump