Background
Vincze, István was born on February 26, 1912 in Szeged, Hungary.
Vincze, István was born on February 26, 1912 in Szeged, Hungary.
Degree in Teaching Mathematics and Physics, Franc Joseph University, Szeged, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Peter Pazmany University, Budapest, 1946. Doctor of Science in Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1971.
He also held the post of professor at Eötvös Loránd University. He wrote over 100 academic papers, authored 10 books, and was a speaker at several conferences, including the Berkeley Symposiums in 1960, 1965, and 1970. Around 1950, he founded the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy, whose director was Alfréd Rényi.
Early in his career, he wrote papers with Paul Erdős, including On the approximation of convex, closed pane curves by multifocal ellipses.
Some of his books that were translated into English are Progress in statistics (1972), and Mathematical methods of statistical quality control (1974). He participated in conferences and gave seminar talks throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Argentina, Germany, and China.
He retired from academic teaching in 1980, and died in 1999. East. M. Z. West. P.
Member Hungarian Statistical Society, Society for Popularization of Science, Janos Bolyai Mathematics Society (founding member), Club of Academy, Czechoslovakian Society.Mathematicians and Physicists (honorary).
Married Maria Hermann, 1948 (divorced 1976). Children: Paul, Peter Martin, Anna.