The George Szekeres Medal is awarded by the
Australian Mathematical Society
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for outstanding research contributions over a fifteen-year period. This award, established in 2001, was given biennially in even-numbered years until 2021 and has since been given annually, for work that has been carried out primarily in Australia
This medal commemorates the work of the late
George Szekeres
George Szekeres AM FAA (; 29 May 1911 – 28 August 2005) was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.
Early years
Szekeres was born in Budapest, Hungary, as Szekeres György and received his degree in chemistry at the Technical University o ...
,
FAA
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, for his achievements in
number theory
Number theory (or arithmetic or higher arithmetic in older usage) is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) said, "Mat ...
,
combinatorics,
analysis
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, and
relativity.
Winners
See also
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List of mathematics awards
References
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Mathematics awards