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Paul Erdös

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PAUL ERDÖS

MYA WILLIAMS

BIO👪

  • Born: March 26, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary
  • Died: September 20, 1996 in Warsaw, Poland (age 83)
  • Paul's father and mother, Lajos and Anna, had two daughters, who died before Paul was born.
  • He was introduced to mathematics by his parents, who were both math teachers.

EDUCATION

  • Home schooled until 10
  • age 17, Erdős entered the Péter Pázmány University in Budapest, in four years he completed his undergraduate work and earned a Ph.D. in mathematics
  • four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester in England.
  • emigrated to the United States, accepting a one-year appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

CONTRIBUTIONS

  • prime number theorem
  • Graph theory
  • Set theory
  • Number theory
  • Geometry