Péter Komjáth
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Péter Komjáth is a Hungarian
mathematician, working in set theory
, especially combinatorial set theory. Komjáth is a professor at the Eötvös Loránd University.
Komjáth won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
in 1971. His Ph.D. advisor at Eötvös was Andras Hajnal
, and he has two joint papers with Paul Erdős
. He received the Paul Erdős Prize
in 1990. He is a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
mathematician, working in set theory
Set theory
Set theory is the branch of mathematics that studies sets, which are collections of objects. Although any type of object can be collected into a set, set theory is applied most often to objects that are relevant to mathematics...
, especially combinatorial set theory. Komjáth is a professor at the Eötvös Loránd University.
Komjáth won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
International Mathematical Olympiad
The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...
in 1971. His Ph.D. advisor at Eötvös was Andras Hajnal
András Hajnal
András 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....
, and he has two joint papers with Paul Erdős
Paul Erdos
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. Erdős published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators. He worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory...
. He received the Paul Erdős Prize
Paul Erdős Prize
The Paul Erdős Prize is given to Hungarian mathematicians not older than 40 by the Mathematics Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences...
in 1990. He is a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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:...
.
Selected publications
- Komjáth, Péter and Vilmos TotikVilmos TotikVilmos Totik is a Hungarian mathematician, working in classical analysis, harmonic analysis, orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, potential theory. He is a professor of the University of Szeged. Since 1989 he is also a part time professor at the University of South Florida . He received...
: Problems and Theorems in Classical Set Theory, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006. ISBN 0 387 30293 X...