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Pál Turán

1910 - 1976

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Pál Turán (Hungarian: [ˈpaːl ˈturaːn]; 18 August 1910 – 26 September 1976) also known as Paul Turán, was a Hungarian mathematician who worked primarily in extremal combinatorics. In 1940, because of his Jewish origins, he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to a labour camp in Transylvania, later being transferred several times to other camps. While imprisoned, Turán came up with some of his best theories, which he was able to publish after the war. Turán had a long collaboration with fellow Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, lasting 46 years and resulting in 28 joint papers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pál Turán is the 560th most popular mathematician (down from 539th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 367th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pál Turán ranks 560 out of 1,004. Before him are Johann Baptist Cysat, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Johann Samuel König, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, Samuel Eilenberg, and Jean-Étienne Montucla. After him are D. R. Kaprekar, Solomon Lefschetz, Isadore Singer, Louis J. Mordell, Giovanni Battista Zupi, and Dénes Kőnig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Pál Turán ranks 172. Before him are Jean Servais, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Qian Zhongshu, Stanislaus Kobierski, Arturo Tolentino, and Nathan Alterman. After him are Aldo Olivieri, Wilfred Thesiger, Georgios Zoitakis, T-Bone Walker, Carl A. Wirtanen, and Gyula Kállai. Among people deceased in 1976, Pál Turán ranks 129. Before him are Jean Servais, Giuseppe Cavanna, Armen Ohanian, Sergei Shtemenko, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, and Nikolay Nosov. After him are Floyd Council, Paul Gallico, Yakov Zak, Pierre Jean Jouve, Rudolph Minkowski, and Maria Klenova.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Pál Turán ranks 381 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), Győző Kulcsár (1940), Béla Kiss (1877), Andrew G. Vajna (1944), Sándor Tarics (1913), and József Rippl-Rónai (1861). After him are Eva Gabor (1919), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Joseph Böhm (1795), and Ferenc Hirzer (1902).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Pál Turán ranks 14. Before him are Klára Dán von Neumann (1911), László Lovász (1948), Frigyes Riesz (1880), Paul Halmos (1916), Endre Szemerédi (1940), and Rózsa Péter (1905). After him are Dénes Kőnig (1884), Lipót Fejér (1880), Alfréd Haar (1885), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Vera T. Sós (1930), and George Szekeres (1911).

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