Paul Erdős
Paul Erdős (Hungarian: Erdős Pál [ˈɛrdøːʃ ˈpaːl]; 26 Mairch 1913 – 20 September 1996) wis a renouned Hungarian mathematician. He wis ane o the maist prolific mathematicians an producers o mathematical conjecturs[2] o the 20t century.[3] He wis kent baith for his social practice o mathematics (he engaged mair nor 500 collaborators) an for his eccentric lifestyle (Time magazine cried him The Oddball's Oddball).[4] He devotit his wakin oors tae mathematics, even intae his later years—indeed, his daith cam anerly oors efter he solved a geometry problem at a conference in Warsaw.
Paul Erdős | |
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.jpg) Paul Erdős at a student seminar in Budapest (Fall 1992) | |
| Born | 26 Mairch 1913 Budapest, Austrick-Hungary |
| Dee'd | 20 September 1996 (aged 83) Warsaw, Poland |
| Residence | Hungary Unitit Kinrick Israel Unitit States |
| Naitionality | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd Varsity |
| Kent for | a verra lairge nummer o results an conjecturs (mair nor 1,500 airticles) an a verra lairge nummer o coauthors (mair nor 500) |
| Awairds | Wolf Prize (1983/84) AMS Cole Prize (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Victoria Varsity o Manchester Princeton Varsity Purdue Varsity Varsity o Notre Dame Ebreu Varsity o Jerusalem Technion – Israel Institute o Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Lipót Fejér |
| Doctoral students | Joseph Kruskal George B. Purdy Alexander Soifer Béla Bollobás[1] |
References
eedit- ↑ "Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ↑ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-sum-product-problem-shows-how-addition-and-multiplication-constrain-each-other-20190206
- ↑ Paul Hoffman (8 Julie 2013). "Paul Erdős". "Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ↑ Michael D. Lemonick (29 Mairch 1999). "Paul Erdos: The Oddball's Oddball". Time Magazine. Archived frae the original on 19 Januar 2011. Retrieved 28 Julie 2019.