Paul Erdős

Paul Erdős (occasionally spelled Erdos or Erdös; Hungarian: Erdős Pál, pronounced [ˈɛrdøːʃ ˈpaːl]; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was an immensely prolific and famously eccentric Hungarian mathematician. Erdős published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators. He worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probab... more

Date of birth:

  • Mar 26, 1913

Date of death:

  • Sep 20, 1996 (age 83 years)

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  • Paul Erdös,
  • Erdős Pál,
  • Paul Erdos

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Year Award Notes/Description
  • 1983
  • for his numerous contributions to number theory, combinatorics, probability, set theory and mathematical analysis, and for personally stimulating mathematicians the world over.
  • 1951
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