Paul Halmos
Hungarian-American mathematical statistician
Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and statistician who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis. He was... Wikipedia
Born: March 3, 1916, Budapest, Hungary
Died: October 2, 2006 (age 90 years), Los Gatos, CA
Notable students: Peter Rosenthal, Donald Sarason, Errett Bishop, and more
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1938), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1931–1934), Lincoln Park High School (1929–1931), and more
Awards: Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award (1971, 1977), Chauvenet Prize (1947), and Leroy P. Steele Prize (1983)
Partner: Virginia Halmos
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