Péter Komjáth (born 8 April 1953) is a
Hungarian mathematician, working in
set theory
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, especially
combinatorial set theory
In mathematics, infinitary combinatorics, or combinatorial set theory, is an extension of ideas in combinatorics to infinite sets.
Some of the things studied include continuous graphs and trees, extensions of Ramsey's theorem, and Martin's axiom ...
. Komjáth is a professor at the
Faculty of Sciences
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of the
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
. He is currently a visiting faculty member at
Emory University
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in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Komjáth won a gold medal at the
International Mathematical Olympiad
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in 1971. His Ph.D. advisor at Eötvös was
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,< ...
, and he has two joint papers
with
Paul Erdős
Paul Erdős ( ; 26March 191320September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. pursued and proposed problems in discrete mathematics, g ...
. He received the
Paul Erdős Prize
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Awardees
See ...
in 1990. He is a member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...
.
Selected publications
* Komjáth, Péter and
Vilmos Totik
Vilmos Totik (Mosonmagyaróvár, March 8, 1954) is a Hungarians, Hungarian mathematician, working in classical analysis, harmonic analysis, orthogonal polynomials, approximation theory, potential theory. He is a professor of the University of Szege ...
: ''Problems and Theorems in Classical Set Theory'', Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006.
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References
External links
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences WebpageEötvös University Webpage
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1953 births
Living people
20th-century Hungarian mathematicians
21st-century Hungarian mathematicians
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Set theorists
Mathematicians from Budapest
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
Academic staff of Eötvös Loránd University
International Mathematical Olympiad participants