TY - JOUR TI - Lucjan Emil Böttcher (1872‒1937) ‒ the Polish pioneer of holomorphic dynamics AU - Stawiska, Małgorzata TI - Lucjan Emil Böttcher (1872‒1937) ‒ the Polish pioneer of holomorphic dynamics AB - In this article I present Lucjan Emil Böttcher (1872‒1937), a little-known Polish mathematician active in Lwów. I outline his scholarly path and describe briefly his mathematical achievements. In view of later developments in holomorphic dynamics, I argue that, despite some flaws in his work, Böttcher should be regarded not only as a contributor to the area but in fact as one of its founders. VL - 2014 IS - Nauki Podstawowe Zeszyt 1 NP (7) 2014 PY - 2014 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 233 EP - 243 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.074.2524 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/lucjan-emil-bottcher-1872-1937-the-polish-pioneer-of-holomorphic-dynamics KW - mathematics of the 19th and 20th century KW - holomorphic dynamics KW - iterations of rational functions