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The Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics is a prize given by the Israel Mathematical Union to an
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
(in any field of mathematics and
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), "with preference to candidates up to the age of 40." The prize was established by Paul Erdős in 1977 in honor of his parents, and is awarded annually or biannually. The name was changed from "Erdős Prize" in 1996, after Erdős's death, to reflect his original wishes.


Erdős Prize recipients


See also

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List of things named after Paul Erdős The following are named after Paul Erdős: * Paul Erdős Award of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions * Erdős Prize * Erdős Lectures * Erdős number * Erdős cardinal * Erdős–Nicolas number * Erdős conjecture — a li ...
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List of mathematics awards This list of mathematics awards is an index to articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the wo ...


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