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Arthur Erdélyi
Hungarian-born British mathematician · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Lived 1908 to 1977 · aged 69
Arthur Erdélyi FRS, FRSE was a Hungarian-born British mathematician. Erdélyi was a leading expert on special functions, particularly orthogonal polynomials and hypergeometric functions.
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1977Died12 December 1977Gunning Victoria Jubilee PrizeAward1975Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1945Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghAward1908Born2 October 1908
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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1977 · aged 69