Pearls from a lost city: the Lvov school of mathematics

Part I: Background

The University and the Polytechnic in Lvov

Polish Mathematics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Sierpinski's Stay at the University of Lvov (1908-1914)

The University in Warsaw and Janiszewski's Program (1915-1920)

World Mathematics (Active Fields in Poland) Around 1920

Part II: The Golden Age: Individuals and Community

The Mathematical Community in Lvov after World War I

Mathematical Studies and Students

Journals, Monographs, and Congresses

The Popularization of Mathematics

Social Life (the Scottish Cafe, the Scottish Book)

The Polish Mathematical Society

Collaboration with Other Centers

In the Eyes of Others

Stefan Banach

Hugo Steinhaus

Stanislaw Mazur

Kazimierz Kuratowski

Stanislaw Ulam

Juliusz Schauder and Zbigniew Lomnicki

Wlodzimierz Stozek

Herman Auerbach

Others

Part III: The Golden Age: Achievements

Stefan Banach's Doctoral Thesis and Priority Claims

Probability Theory

Measure Theory

Game Theory: A Revelation Without Follow-up

Operator Theory in the 1920s

Methodological Audacity

Banach's Monograph: Polishing the Pearls

Operator Theory in the 1930s: The Dazzle of Pearls

New Perspectives for Which Time Did Not Allow

Nonlinear functional analysis

The theory of partial differential equations

The theory of linear topological spaces

The theory of recursive functions

Algebra, specifically Banach algebras

Noncommutative probability theory

Graph theory

Applications of mathematics

Numerical analysis

On the Periphery

Part IV: Oblivion

Ukrainization the Soviet Way (1939-1941)

The German Occupation (1941-1944)

The Expulsion of Poles (1945-1946)

Part V: Historical Significance

Chronological Overview

Chronology of Events as Perceived Elsewhere

Influence on Mathematics of the Lvov School

A Tentative Summary

Mathematics in Lvov after 1945

Part VI: List of Lvov Mathematicians

Part VII: Bibliographies

Mathematical Works by Lvov Mathematicians

Personal Recollections, Surveys, and Historical Source Material

Other Mathematical Works Cited.