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List of Hungarian mathematicians

List of Hungarian mathematicians is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Hungarian mathematicians rather than just read about it. In short: The following is a list of Hungarian mathematicians. In this page we keep the names in Hungarian order (family name first).

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Reference excerpt

The following is a list of Hungarian mathematicians. In this page we keep the names in Hungarian order (family name first).

A Alexits, György (1899–1978)

B Babai, László (born 1950) Paul Erdős Prize Bárány, Imre (born 1947) Paul Erdős Prize Beck, József (born 1952) Paul Erdős Prize Bollobás, Béla (born 1943) Senior Whitehead Prize Bolyai, Farkas (1775–1856) Bolyai, János (1802–1860), spoke 10 languages, vital in the systematic equations behind Non-Euclidean Geometry Bott, Raoul (1923–2005) Steele Prize Barabási, Albert-László (born 1967)

C Császár, Ákos (1924–2017) Csörgő, Sándor (1947–2008) Paul Erdős Prize

D Dienes, Zoltán Pál (1916–2014)

E Erdős, Pál (1913–1996)

F Fejér, Lipót (1880–1959)

G Grossmann, Marcell (1878–1936) Farkas, Gyula (1847–1930)

H Haar, Alfréd (1885–1933) Hajnal, András (1931–2016) Hajós, György (1912–1972) Halász, Gábor (born 1941) Paul Erdős Prize Hatvani, István (1718–1786) Hell, Miksa (1720–1792), worked as an astronomer

I Izsák, Imre (1929–1965)

J Juhász, István (born 1943) Paul Erdős Prize

K Kalmár, László (1905–1976) Kármán, Tódor (1881–1963) Katona, Gyula O. H. (born 1941) Katona, Gyula Y. (born 1965) Kemény, János (1926–1992) Komjáth, Péter (born 1953) Paul Erdős Prize Komlós, János (born 1942) Kőnig, Dénes (1884–1944) Kőnig, Gyula (1849–1913) Kürschák, József (1864–1933)

L Laczkovich, Miklós (born 1948) Paul Erdős Prize Lánczos, Kornél (1893–1974) Lax, Péter (1926–2025) Lovász, László (born 1948) Paul Erdős Prize

M Mérő, László (born 1949) Medgyessy, Pál (1919–1977)

N Nagy, Károly (1797–1868) Neumann, János (John von Neumann) (1903–1957), pioneer of computing and game theory

O Ottlik, Géza (1912–1990)

P Pálfy, Péter Pál (born 1955) Paul Erdős Prize Péter, Rózsa (1905–1977) Petzval, József (1807–1891) Pintz, János, (born 1950) Paul Erdős Prize Pólya, György (1887–1985) Pósa, Lajos (born 1947) Prékopa, András (1929–2016) Pyber, László (born 1960)

R Radó, Tibor (1895–1965) Rényi, Alfréd (1921–1970) Riesz, Frigyes (1880–1956) Riesz, Marcel (1886–1969) Ruzsa, Imre Z. (born 1953) Paul Erdős Prize

S Sajnovics, János (1733–1785) Sárközy, András (born 1941) Paul Erdős Prize Scholtz, Ágoston (1844–1916) Segner, János András (1704–1777) Sós, Vera T. (1930–2023) Süli, Endre (born 1956) Naylor Prize and Lectureship

Sz Szegedy, Balázs Paul Erdős and Fulkerson Prizes Szegedy, Márió (born 1960) Gödel Prize Szemerédi, Endre (born 1940) Paul Erdős and Abel Prizes Szekeres, György (1911–2005) Szőkefalvi-Nagy, Béla (1913–1998) Szőnyi, Tamás (born 1957) Paul Erdős Prize Szüsz, Peter (1924–2008)

T Tardos, Éva (born 1957) Tardos, Gábor (born 1964) Paul Erdős Prize Turán, Pál (1910–1976)

V Vargha, András (born 1949)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of Hungarian mathematicians

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of List of Hungarian mathematicians

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In the classroom: List of Hungarian mathematicians is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Hungarian mathematicians, Lists of Hungarian people by occupation, Lists of mathematicians by nationality, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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What is List of Hungarian mathematicians in simple terms?

The following is a list of Hungarian mathematicians. In this page we keep the names in Hungarian order (family name first).

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