George Szekeres
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George Szekeres was a Hungarian-Australian mathematician known for his contributions to general relativity, combinatorics, and number theory.
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| György Szekeres | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Hungarian-Australian mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hungarian State Prize (mathematics-related)
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Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal ⓘ |
| birthName |
George Szekeres
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György Szekeres
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| collaboratedWith |
Esther Szekeres
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John Kruskal ⓘ Pál Erdős ⓘ
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Paul Erdős
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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Hungary ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Budapest
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Eötvös Loránd University
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| employedBy |
University of Adelaide
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University of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Szekeres ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorics
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general relativity ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Australian Academy of Science ⓘ |
| movedTo | Australia ⓘ |
| name | George Szekeres self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to combinatorial geometry
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contributions to general relativity ⓘ contributions to number theory ⓘ mentoring Australian mathematicians ⓘ work on Diophantine equations ⓘ work on Ramsey-type problems ⓘ work on graph theory ⓘ |
| notableStudent | George Bergman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Erdős–Szekeres theorem
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Happy Ending problem ⓘ Szekeres configuration ⓘ Szekeres snark ⓘ Kruskal–Szekeres coordinates ⓘ
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Szekeres–Kruskal coordinates in general relativity
Szekeres–Lindström theorem ⓘ Szekeres–Wilf number theory results ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| spouse | Esther Szekeres ⓘ |
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György Szekeres