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Paul Erdős

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Paul Erdős

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Also known as Paul Erdos, Erdős Pál, Erdős, Erdos, P. Erdős

Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)

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Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician who lived from 1913 to 1996 and is remembered as one of the most prolific mathematicians in history, collaborating with hundreds of other scientists. His work across many areas of mathematics and his unique lifestyle made him an influential and iconic figure in the mathematical community.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1913
Died
1996
Works
21

Top works

  • Restricted cluster sets
  • Magnetism of actinide compounds
  • Topics in the theory of numbers
  • Bizonyos számtani sorok törzsszámairól
  • Combinatorial Set Theory

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Hungary
Active from
1968-02-27

Discography

Official site

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Listeners
8
Total plays
11

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

    · 1958 · cited 70,807x

  2. “Mini-mental state”

    · 1975 · cited 68,256x

  3. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

    · 2009 · cited 46,771x

  4. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

    · 2003 · cited 45,688x

  5. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,423x

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Quotes

  • “I think that, as , a very clever young Israeli mathematician, once said, "I am an opportunist. I do what I can do." If there is anything in number theory that I can do, I certainly do it. But you see some of the problems in number theory are enormously difficult and many of these classic problems are very, very hard to make any progress in.”
  • “I'm not competent to judge. But no doubt he was a great man.”
  • “Another roof, another proof.”
  • “Suppose aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year's time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshal the world's best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.”
  • “Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education.”
  • “The SF created us to enjoy our suffering. … The sooner we die, the sooner we defy His plans.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Erdős (Hungarian: Erdős Pál [ˈɛrdøːʃ ˈpaːl]; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician known as one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. Erdős pursued and proposed problems in discrete mathematics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory. Much of his work centered on discrete mathematics, cracking many previously unsolved problems in the field. He championed and contributed to Ramsey theory, which studies the conditions in which order necessarily appears. Overall, his work leaned towards solving previously open problems, rather than developing or exploring new areas of mathematics.

He taught at various universities in the United States and Israel. Erdős's output was prolific; he published around 1,500 mathematical papers during his lifetime, many being collaborations with other mathematicians, making him arguably the most prolific mathematician in history. This prompted the creation of the Erdős number, the number of steps in the shortest path between a mathematician and Erdős in terms of co-authorships.

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