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Pál Erdős

1913 – 1996

About this person

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
March 26, 1913
Budapest
Date of death
September 20, 1996
Warsaw
Citizenship

Hungary

Occupations & fields
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Guggenheim FellowshipCole Prize in Number TheoryKossuth PrizeWolf Prize in Mathematicshonorary doctor of the University of LimogesForeign Member of the Royal Society
Notable works
Copeland–Erdős constantCameron–Erdős conjectureDe Bruijn–Erdős theoremDavenport–Erdős theoremErdős–Borwein constantErdős–Woods number
Field and occupation
Maďarský matematik
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