George Csicsery featured Halmos in a documentary film also called I Want to Be a Mathematician
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Paul Halmos
Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor. He has been described as one of The Martians.
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science · Hungarian-American mathematician (1916–2006) · mathematician · philosopher · statistician · university teacher · also Paul Halmos, Paul R. Halmos, Paul Richard Halmos, Halmos
Born 3 March 1916 · Died 2 October 2006 · Q370085
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2007· 1 entry
The 300th anniversary of Leonhard Euler's birth, to John Derbyshire for his book about Bernhard Riemann and the Riemann hypothesis: Prime Obsession
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2006· 1 entry
Died 2006-10-02.
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2005· 1 entry
Halmos and his wife Virginia Halmos funded the Euler Book Prize, an annual award given by the Mathematical Association of America for a book that is likely to improve the view of mathematics among the public
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1994· 1 entry
Halmos received the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize (1983).
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Awarded George Pólya Award (1983).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards (1971).
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded Chauvenet Prize (1947).
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1947).
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1938· 1 entry
Studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, doctorate (1931–1938).
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1931· 1 entry
Studied at Lincoln Park High School (1929–1931).
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1916· 1 entry
Born 1916-03-03.
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