Erdős Magic

Joel Spencer ()
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Joel Spencer: New York University, Courant Institute

A chapter in The Mathematics of Paul Erdős I, 2013, pp 43-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Paul Erdős was a giant of twentieth century mathematics. Born in 1913 he was a child prodigy whose talents were well cultivated in his native Budapest. Dubbed Der Zauberer von Budapest he moved onto the world stage in his early 20s. And there he stayed, extraordinarily active right until his death in 1996.

Keywords: Twentieth Century Mathematics; Child Prodigy; Talented High School Students; Book Proof; Special Arithmetic Functions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7258-2_2

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