What is Hugo Steinhaus?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Hugo Steinhaus | image = Hugo Steinhaus.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Hugo Steinhaus (1968) |birth_name=Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|1|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Jasło]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Poland]]) | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|2|25|1887|1|14|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Wrocław]], [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]] | nationality = [[Poland|Polish]] <!--| ethnicity = [[History of the Jews in Poland|Jewish]]--> | field = [[Mathematician]] and mathematics populariser | work_institutions = [[Lviv University#Jan Kazimierz University (1919–39)|Jan Kazimierz University]]<br />[[University of Wrocław#The University of Wrocław|University of Wrocław]]<br />[[University of Notre Dame]]<br />[[University of Sussex]] | alma_mater = [[Lviv University#Under Austrian rule|Lemberg University]]<br />[[University of Göttingen|Göttingen University]] | doctoral_advisor = [[David Hilbert]] | doctoral_students = [[Stefan Banach]]<br />[[Z. W. Birnbaum|Z. W. (Bill) Birnbaum]]<br />[[Mark Kac]]<br />[[Władysław Orlicz]]<br />[[Aleksander Rajchman]]<br />[[Juliusz Schauder]]<br />[[Stanisław Trybuła|Stanisław Trybula]] | known_for = [[Uniform boundedness principle|Banach–Steinhaus theorem]], many others, see [[Hugo Steinhaus#Mathematical contributions|section below]]. | prizes = <!-- (Insert notable prizes and medals) --> }} '''Władysław Hugo Dionizy Steinhaus''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|j|uː|ɡ|oʊ|_|ˈ|s|t|aɪ|n|ˌ|h|aʊ|s}} (January 14, 1887 – February 25, 1972) was a [[Poles|Polish]] [[mathematician]] and [[teacher|educator]]. He was known for his [[Banach–Steinhaus theorem]]. After [[World War II]] Steinhaus played an important part in the creation of the mathematics department at [[Wrocław University]]. He is seen as one of the early founders of [[game theory]] and [[probability theory]]. ==Other websites== * [https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/search/author.html?mrauthid=227679 Hugo Steinhaus] in [[MathSciNet]] * [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=a