Barbara Rokowska (1926âÂÂ2012) was a Polish mathematician known for her work on Steiner systems and certain problems posed by Paul Erdà Âs. She was a professor at Wrocà Âaw University of Science and Technology.
Rokowska received an undergraduate degree in Polish from the University of Wrocà Âaw in 1951. She later began a second degree program at the University of Wrocà Âaw in mathematics. While pursuing her studies, she worked as a technical editor for mathematics journals including Colloquium Mathematicum. That journal received a submission from Erdà Âs involving an estimate of a certain integral depending on k parameters. Though interesting, the submission was hastily written and incomplete. Rokowska's master's thesis filled in the details of Erdà Âs' work. One of her first papers, written in collaboration with Andrzej Schinzel, treated a number theory problem also posed by Erdà Âs.
Rokowska received her PhD, on Steiner systems, in 1966. Her doctoral advisor was Czesà Âaw Ryll-Nardzewski. She had 5 PhD students of her own.