Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician. Recipient Cole prize, United States, 1951, Kossuth prize, 1958, Mathematics Wolf prize, Wolf Foundation, Israel, 1983. Member of Australian Academy of Sciences, Royal Dutch Academy.
Background
Erdos, Paul was born on March 26, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Louis and Anne(Wilhelm) E. Educated Budapest U. Corresponding member Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1956-1962, member, since 1962. Author: (with Surányi) VálogatottFejezetak a Számé lmeletból.
Education
With J. Spencer) Probabilistic Methods in Combinations, 1974. Editor (with G. Katona) Theory of Graphs, 1969.
Career
Professor, of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy, of Sciences and Technion. Haifa; travels constantly in United States of America, Canada, Hungary, United Kingdom, France and Israel.
Membership
Hungarian Academy, of Sciences, Foreign member Royal Society, North.A.S., Netherlands Academy, Australian Academy, Academy, of Science of India.