The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics ( hu, Rényi Alfréd Matematikai Kutatóintézet) is the

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

in mathematics of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

. It was created in 1950 by

Alfréd Rényi Alfréd Rényi (20 March 1921 – 1 February 1970) was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory. Life Rényi was born in Budapest to ...

, 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 András Stipsicz. The institute publishes the research journal Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica.

Research divisions and research groups

* Algebra (head: Mátyás Domokos) * Algebraic geometry and differential topology (head: András Némethi) * Algebraic Logic (head: Hajnal Andréka) * Analysis (head: András Kroó) * Combinatorics and discrete mathematics (head: Ervin Győri) * Geometry (head: Gábor Fejes Tóth) * Number theory (head:

János Pintz János Pintz (born 20 December 1950 in Budapest) is a Hungary, Hungarian mathematician working in analytic number theory. He is a fellow of the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Rényi Mathematical Institute and is also a member of the Hun ...

) * Probability & statistics (head: Péter Major) * Set theory and general topology (head: Lajos Soukup) * Cryptology (head:

Gábor Tardos Gábor Tardos (born 11 July 1964) is a Hungarian mathematician, currently a professor at Central European University and previously a Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser University. He works mainly in combinatorics and computer science. He is ...

) * Financial Mathematics (Momentum research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, head: Miklós Rásonyi) * Groups and Graphs (Momentum research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, European Research Council research group, head: Miklós Abért) * Limits of Structures (Momentum research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, European Research Council research group, head: Balázs Szegedy) * Low Dimensional Topology (Momentum research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, European Research Council research group, head: András Stipsicz) * Regularity (European Research Council research group, head:

Endre Szemerédi Endre Szemerédi (; born August 21, 1940) is a Hungarian-American 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 a ...

) * Discrete and Convex Geometry (European Research Council research group, head:

Imre Bárány Imre Bárány (Mátyásföld, Budapest, 7 December 1947) 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 app ...

) * Didactics (head: Péter Juhász)

Name

The institute's name originally was Applied Mathematics Institute of the HAS ( hu, MTA Alkalmazott Matematikai Intézete) then Mathematical Research Institute of the HAS ( hu, MTA Matematikai Kutatóintézete). It obtained its current name on July 1, 1999, after

, the eminent mathematician who founded the institute and was its director for 20 years.

Some of the notable researchers

, combinatorialist, geometer, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Imre Csiszár Imre Csiszár () is a Hungarian mathematician with contributions to information theory and probability theory. In 1996 he won the Claude E. Shannon Award, the highest annual award given in the field of information theory. He was born on Februa ...

, information theorist, Shannon Award, Dobrushin Prize, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Zoltán Füredi Zoltán Füredi (Budapest, Hungary, 21 May 1954) is a Hungarian people, 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 ...

, combinatorialist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Tibor Gallai Tibor Gallai (born Tibor Grünwald, 15 July 1912 – 2 January 1992) 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 K� ...

, combinatorialist *

András Hajnal András Hajnal (May 13, 1931 – July 30, 2016) was a 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, ...

, set theorist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences * István Juhász, working in set theoretical topology, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Imre Lakatos Imre Lakatos (, ; hu, Lakatos Imre ; 9 November 1922 – 2 February 1974) 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 pr ...

, philosopher of mathematics and science * Péter Major, probability theorist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Katalin Marton Katalin Marton (9 December 1941 – 13 December 2019) was a Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest. Education and career Marton obtained her PhD from Eötvös Loránd University in 1965 and worked at the Department of Numerical Mathemat ...

, information theorist, Shannon Award *

Péter Pál Pálfy Péter Pál Pálfy (Debrecen, 23 August 1955) is a Hungarian mathematician, working in algebra, more precisely in group theory and universal algebra. Between 2006 and 2018 he served as the director of the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics. ...

, algebra, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

, number theorist, ''AMS Cole Prize,'' member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences * Lajos Pósa, combinatorialist, educator *

László Pyber ''László Pyber'' (born 8 May 1960 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician. He is a researcher at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest. He works in combinatorics and group theory. Biography Pyber received his Ph.D. from ...

, algebra, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences * Imre Z. Ruzsa, number theorist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Miklós Simonovits Miklós Simonovits (4 September 1943 in Budapest) 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 journ ...

, combinatorialist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

Vera T. Sós Vera T. Sós (born September 11, 1930) 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 h ...

, combinatorialist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences * András Stipsicz, algebraic geometer, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

, combinatorialist, Abel Prize 2012., member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences *

, combinatorialist *

Gábor Tusnády Gábor (sometimes written Gabor) may refer to: * Gábor (given name) * Gabor (surname) * Gabor sisters, the three famous actresses, Eva, Magda and Zsa Zsa * Several scientific terms named after Dennis Gabor ** Gabor atom ** Gabor filter, a linear ...

, probability theory, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Directors

(1950–1970) *

László Fejes Tóth László Fejes Tóth ( hu, Fejes Tóth László, 12 March 1915 – 17 March 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician who specialized in geometry. He proved that a lattice pattern is the most efficient way to pack centrally symmetric convex sets on th ...

(1970–1982) *

(1982–1992) * Domokos Szász (1993–1995) *

Gyula O. H. Katona Gyula O. H. Katona (born 16 March 1941 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem In algebraic combinatorics, the Kruskal–Katona theorem gives a co ...

(1996–2005) *

(2006–2018). * András Stipsicz (2019–).

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