Gábor Halász (born 25 December 1941, in

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) is a Hungarian

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. He specialised 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 ...

and

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

, especially in analytic number theory. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Since 1985, he is professor at the

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of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. With

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, Halász proved zero density results on the roots of the Riemann zeta function. He co-invented the Halász–Montgomery inequality with Hugh Montgomery.

Awards, prizes

Alfréd Rényi Prize The Alfréd Rényi Prize is awarded biennially by the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Science The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious le ...

(1972) *

Paul Erdős Prize The Paul Erdős Prize (formerly Mathematical Prize) is given to Hungarian mathematicians not older than 40 by the Mathematics Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It was established and originally funded by Paul Erdős. Awardees Se ...

(1976) *Tibor Szele Commemorative Medal of the

János Bolyai Mathematical Society The János Bolyai Mathematical Society (Bolyai János Matematikai Társulat, BJMT) is the Hungarian mathematical society, named after János Bolyai, a 19th-century Hungarian mathematician, a co-discoverer of non-Euclidean geometry. It is the profes ...

(1985)

References

Sources

* Ki Kicsoda, 2006, MTI, Budapest. * Halász'
homepage
at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. * A Magyar Tudományos Akadémai Almanachja, Budapest, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Halasz, Gabor 1941 births Living people 20th-century Hungarian mathematicians 21st-century Hungarian mathematicians Number theorists Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Mathematicians from Budapest Academic staff of Eötvös Loránd University