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Polish Notation

Born

21 December 1878 (1878-12-21) (age 143) Lwów, Austria-Hungary

Died

13 February 1956 (1956-02-13) (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland

Fields

Mathematical Logic • Logic Philosophy • Ethics

Full name

Jan Łukasiewicz

Known for

Polish (prefix) notation

Nationality

Polish

Institutions

University of Lviv, Warsaw School of LogicUniversity of Dublin

Main contributions

Invented Polish (prefix) notation • Contributed to propositional logic and modal logic

Polish Notation