George Szekeres
George Szekeres | |
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George Szekeres, 2001 | |
| Born | 29 May 1911 |
| Died | 28 August 2005 (aged 94) Adelaide, Australia |
| Citizenship | Hungarian, then Australian |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Budapest |
| Known for | Szekeres snark Kruskal–Szekeres coordinates Erdős–Szekeres theorem |
| Spouse | Esther Szekeres (1937) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal (1968) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide University of New South Wales |
| Doctoral students | Alfred van der Poorten |
George Szekeres AM FAA (Hungarian: [ˈsɛkɛrɛʃ]; 29 May 1911 – 28 August 2005), born Szekeres György, was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician. After migrating to Australia after World War II, he worked first for the University of Adelaide, and then the University of New South Wales. He is known for his co-authoring a paper with fellow Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős known as the "Happy Ending problem", and married mathematician Esther Klein.