Endre Szemerédi
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Endre Szemerédi (Hungarian: [ˈɛndrɛ ˈsɛmɛreːdi]; born August 21, 1940) is a Hungarian-American[1] mathematician and computer scientist, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He has been the State of New Jersey Professor of computer science at Rutgers University since 1986. He also holds a professor emeritus status at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Endre Szemerédi | |
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Born | (1940-08-21) August 21, 1940 (age 83) |
Nationality | Hungarian, American |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Awards | Abel Prize (2012) Széchenyi Prize (2012) Rolf Schock Prizes (2008) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2008) George Pólya Prize (1975) Alfréd Rényi Prize (1973) Member of the National Academy of Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Combinatorics Computer science Mathematics Theoretical computer science |
Institutions | Rutgers University |
Doctoral advisor | Israel Gelfand |
Doctoral students | Jaikumar Radhakrishnan Gábor N. Sárközy |
Szemerédi has won prizes in mathematics and science, including the Abel Prize in 2012. He has made a number of discoveries in combinatorics and computer science, including Szemerédi's theorem, the Szemerédi regularity lemma, the Erdős–Szemerédi theorem, the Hajnal–Szemerédi theorem and the Szemerédi–Trotter theorem.