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Endre Szemerédi
Endre Szemerédi is a Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He is the State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Rutgers University, after having served in the position since 1986. He also holds a professor emeritus status at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academ…
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Born 21 August 1940 · Q439709
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Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
The Hindu: Hungarian mathematician Endre Szemerédi gets 2012 Abel Prize
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Széchenyi Prize (2012).
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Awarded Abel Prize (2012).
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Szemerédi was awarded the Abel Prize "for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, and in recognition of the profound and lasting impact of these contributions on additive n
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague (2010).
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (2008).
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Awarded Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (2008).
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Was the Eisenbud Professor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California
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1970· 1 entry
Studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University (1970).
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Eötvös Loránd University (1960–1965).
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-08-21.
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