George Pólya
Mathematician, Academic
1887 – 1985
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Who was George Pólya?
George Pólya was a Hungarian mathematician. He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1887
Budapest - Also known as
- George Polya
- Pólya György
- George Pólya
- Spouses
- Stella Vera Weber
(1918 - )
- Stella Vera Weber
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, Eötvös Loránd University
Mathematics
( - 1912)
- Doctorate, Eötvös Loránd University
- Died
- Sep 7, 1985
Palo Alto
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on July 23, 2013
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