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Alfréd Rényi
Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory.
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science · Hungarian mathematician (1921–1970) · mathematician · university teacher · also Alfréd Rényi, Alfred Renyi, A. Rényi, Rényi
Born 20 March 1921 · Died 1 February 1970 · Q465715
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Published “On random graphs. I.” in Publicationes Mathematicae Debrecen — cited 5,206 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “On the evolution of random graphs” in The Structure and Dynamics of Networks — cited 312 times.
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1970· 2 entries
Died 1970-02-01.
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Published “On a new law of large numbers” in Journal d'Analyse Mathématique — cited 260 times.
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1964· 1 entry
Published “On the strength of connectedness of a random graph” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 451 times.
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1963· 1 entry
Published “Asymmetric graphs” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 250 times.
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1959· 2 entries
Published “On the dimension and entropy of probability distributions” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 306 times.
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Published “On measures of dependence” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 511 times.
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1957· 1 entry
Published “Representations for real numbers and their ergodic properties” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 759 times.
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1955· 1 entry
Published “On a new axiomatic theory of probability” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 562 times.
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Kossuth Prize (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
Published “On the theory of order statistics” in Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae — cited 288 times.
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1950· 2 entries
Rényi founded the Mathematics Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Founded the Mathematics Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, now bearing his name, and directed it until his early death
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1949· 1 entry
Awarded Kossuth Prize (1949).
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1947· 2 entries
Studied at Saint Petersburg State University (1946–1947).
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At the University of Szeged, under the advisement of Frigyes Riesz
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1945· 1 entry
Studied at University of Szeged, doctorate (1944–1945).
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1944· 1 entry
Studied at Eötvös Loránd University (1940–1944).
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1939· 1 entry
Due to the anti-Jewish laws then in force, but enrolled at the University of Budapest in 1940 and finished his studies in 1944
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-03-20.
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