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Gabor Szego
Who
Gabor Szego · Science & Medicine
What
Theory of orthogonal polynomials; Szego's theorem
When
1895, Kunhegyes, Hungary — 1985, Palo Alto, California, USA
Where
Hungary · Germany · United States
Biography
Gabor Szego is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theory of orthogonal polynomials; Szego's theorem
How & why
Gabor Szego was a Hungarian-born American mathematician renowned for his theory of orthogonal polynomials and Toeplitz matrices, including Szego's theorem on Toeplitz determinants. Jewish, he fled Nazi Germany and became chair of mathematics at Stanford. His classic texts with Pólya trained generations of analysts.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Theory of orthogonal polynomials; Szego's theorem
1895
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
