George Polya
George Polya · Science & Medicine
Combinatorics and heuristics; author of How to Solve It
1887, Budapest, Hungary — 1985, Palo Alto, California, United States
Hungary · Switzerland · United States
George Polya is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Combinatorics and heuristics; author of How to Solve It
Pólya, a Hungarian-American mathematician born to Jewish parents who had converted to Roman Catholicism, made major contributions to combinatorics, probability, and analysis, including the Pólya enumeration theorem and work on random walks. He is best remembered for 'How to Solve It,' his classic book on mathematical heuristics and problem-solving that has sold millions of copies and influenced teaching worldwide. He spent his later career at Stanford University.
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Combinatorics and heuristics; author of How to Solve It
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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