Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
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The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics is the research institute in mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
. It was created in 1950 by Alfréd Rényi
, who directed it until his death. Since its creation, the institute has been the center of mathematical research in Hungary. It received the title Centre of Excellence of the European Union (2001). The current director is Péter Pál Pálfy. The institute publishes the research journal Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica.
, the eminent mathematician, who founded the institute and was its director for 20 years.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...
. It was created in 1950 by Alfréd Rényi
Alfréd Rényi
Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician who made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory but mostly in probability theory.-Life:...
, who directed it until his death. Since its creation, the institute has been the center of mathematical research in Hungary. It received the title Centre of Excellence of the European Union (2001). The current director is Péter Pál Pálfy. The institute publishes the research journal Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica.
Research divisions
- Algebra (head: László Márki)
- Algebraic geometry and differential topology (head: András Némethi)
- Algebraic Logic (head: Hajnal Andréka)
- Analysis (head: Péter Vértesi)
- Combinatorics and discrete mathematics (head: Miklós SimonovitsMiklós SimonovitsMiklós Simonovits is a Hungarian mathematician who currently works at the Rényi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest and is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is on the advisory board of the journal Combinatorica. He is best known for his work in extremal graph theory...
) - Geometry (head: Gábor Fejes Tóth)
- Number theory (head: Imre Z. RuzsaImre Z. RuzsaImre Z. Ruzsa is a Hungarian mathematician specializing in number theory.Ruzsa participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad for Hungary, winning a silver medal in 1969, and two consecutive gold medals with perfect scores in 1970 and 1971. He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University...
) - Probability & statistics (head: Gábor Tusnády)
- Set theory and general topology (head: István Juhász)
Name
The Institute's name originally was Applied Mathematics Institute of the HAS then Mathematical Research Insitute of the HAS . It obtained its current name on July 1, 1999, after Alfréd RényiAlfréd Rényi
Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician who made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory but mostly in probability theory.-Life:...
, the eminent mathematician, who founded the institute and was its director for 20 years.
Some of the notable researchers
- Imre BárányImre BárányImre Bárány is a Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics and discrete geometry. He works at the Rényi Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and has a part-time job at the University College London....
, combinatorialist, geometer - Zoltán FürediZoltán FürediZoltán Füredi is a Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics, mainly in discrete geometry and extremal combinatorics. He was a student of Gyula O. H. Katona. He is a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences...
, combinatorialist - Tibor GallaiTibor GallaiTibor Gallai was a Hungarian mathematician. He worked in combinatorics, especially in graph theory, and was a lifelong friend and collaborator of Paul Erdős. He was a student of Dénes König and an advisor of László Lovász...
, combinatorialist - András HajnalAndrás HajnalAndrás Hajnal is an emeritus professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences known for his work in set theory and combinatorics.-Biography:Hajnal was born on 13 May 1931, in Hungary....
, set theorist - István Juhász, working in set theoretical topology
- Imre LakatosImre LakatosImre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his...
, philosopher of mathematics and science - János PintzJános PintzJános Pintz is a Hungarian mathematician working in analytic number theory. He is a fellow of the Rényi Mathematical Institute and is also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.-Mathematical results:...
, number theorist - Lajos PósaLajos Pósa (mathematician)Lajos Pósa is a Hungarian mathematician, working in combinatorics. Paul Erdős's favorite "child", he discovered theorems at the age of 16. Since 2002 he works at the Rényi Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; earlier he was at the Eötvös Loránd University, at the Departments of...
, combinatorialist, educator - Imre Z. RuzsaImre Z. RuzsaImre Z. Ruzsa is a Hungarian mathematician specializing in number theory.Ruzsa participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad for Hungary, winning a silver medal in 1969, and two consecutive gold medals with perfect scores in 1970 and 1971. He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University...
, number theorist - Miklós SimonovitsMiklós SimonovitsMiklós Simonovits is a Hungarian mathematician who currently works at the Rényi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest and is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is on the advisory board of the journal Combinatorica. He is best known for his work in extremal graph theory...
, combinatorialist - Vera T. SósVera T. SósVera T. Sós is a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in number theory and combinatorics. She was a student and close collaborator of both Paul Erdős and Alfréd Rényi. She also collaborated frequently with her husband Paul Turán, the famous analyst, number theorist, and combinatorist...
, combinatorialist - Endre SzemerédiEndre SzemerédiEndre Szemerédi is a Hungarian mathematician, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He is the State of New Jersey Professor of computer science at Rutgers University since 1986...
, combinatorialist - Gábor TardosGábor TardosGábor Tardos is a Hungarian mathematician, currently a professor and Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser University. He works mainly in combinatorics and computer science...
, combinatorialist
Directors
- Alfréd RényiAlfréd RényiAlfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician who made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory but mostly in probability theory.-Life:...
(1950–1970) - László Fejes TóthLászló Fejes TóthLászló Fejes Tóth was a Hungarian mathematician who specialised in geometry. He proved that a honeycomb pattern is the most efficient way to pack centrally symmetric convex sets on the Euclidean plane . He also investigated packings on the sphere...
(1970–1982) - András HajnalAndrás HajnalAndrás Hajnal is an emeritus professor of mathematics at Rutgers University and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences known for his work in set theory and combinatorics.-Biography:Hajnal was born on 13 May 1931, in Hungary....
(1982–1992) - Domokos Szász (1993–1995)
- Gyula O. H. KatonaGyula O. H. KatonaGyula O. H. Katona is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem and his elegant proof of the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem...
(1996–2005) - Péter Pál Pálfy (2006–).