Кафедра геометрії і топології

Taras Banakh

Professor of the Chair of Geometry and Topology
Doctor of Science

30.03.1968

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Education

09.1984-06.1989: Mathematical Faculty of Lviv State University (Ukraine);
09.1989-10.1992: Post-graduate studies at Lviv University;
10.1991-06.1992:
Visiting post-graduate student at University of Alberta (Canada) by an exchange program between Lviv University and University of Alberta;
02.1993: Received the degree "Kandidat of Science" in Mathematics by thesis "Strong universality in locally-convex spaces and bundles of infinite-dimensional manifolds" in Lviv University (Ukraine);
10.1994-04.1995: Visiting researcher at Universite Paris VI by a stipend of the Ministry of High Education and Research of France;
12.1995-03.1996: Visiting reseacher at Techische Universitat Wien by a stipend of Austrian Ministry of Education;
02.1998-05.1998: Visiting researcher at Banach Center (Poland);
27.12.2000: Received the degree "Doktor of Science" in Functional Analysis and Topology by the thesis "Strong universality and its application to topological classification of convex sets in linear topological spaces" in Kharkov (Ukraine);

Experience

05.1995-10.2002: Docent at the Chair of Algebra and Topology of Ivan Franko Lviv National University (Ukraine).
10.2002-till now: Professor of the Chair of Algebra and Topology of Ivan Franko Lviv National University (Ukraine).

Professional Activity:

Member of Lviv, European and American Mathematical Societies; Rewiever of "Zentralblatt fur Mathematik" and "Mathematical Reviews"; An Editor of the journal "Matematychni Studii"; Head of Library Council at the Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics of Lviv University.

Languages Spoken:

Ukrainian, English, Russian, Polish, French.

Courses

Basic courses: Calculus I, II; Analytic Geometry; Discrete Mathematics; Topology; Differential Geometry; Foundations of Geometry; Social Choice Theory; Foundations of Mathematics.
Special Courses: Ramsey Theory; Methods of Algebra and Topology in Combinatorics; Fractal Geometry and Computer Graphics; Projective Geometry; Dimension Theory; Theory of Banach Spaces; Set Theory; Descriptive Set Theory; Algebraic Topology; Theory of manifolds and Lie groups; Mathematical Logic.

Scientific interests

Infinite-Dimensional Topology, General Topology (cardinal invariants, Generalized Metric Spaces), Continuum Theory, Descriptive Set Theory, Set Theory, Game Theory, Banach space Theory, Group Theory, Topological Algebra, Geometric Topology, Category Theory, Theory of Measure, Ramsey Theory, Application of Topological and Analytical Methods to Algebra and Combinatorics, Theory of Fractals, Asymptology.