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Béla Bollobás

Hungarian mathematician · Hungary · On the map · Academics · Born 1943 · age 83

Béla Bollobás FRS is a Hungarian-born British mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics, including functional analysis, combinatorics, graph theory, and percolation theory. He was strongly influenced by Paul Erdős from the age of 14.

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2017Széchenyi PrizeAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAwardHonorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańAward2011Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2007Senior Whitehead PrizeAward1943Born3 August 1943

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Széchenyi Prize2017
Honorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań2013
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Fellow of the Royal Society2011
Senior Whitehead Prize2007

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He is currently a professor and chair of excellence at the University of Memphis.

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Hungary
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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1943 · age 83