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László Fuchs

b. 1924

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Born 1924. László Fuchs is an American mathematician and university teacher.

László Fuchs (born June 24, 1924) is a Hungarian-born American mathematician, the Evelyn and John G. Phillips Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mathematics at Tulane University. He is known for his research and textbooks in group theory and abstract algebra.

Biography Fuchs was born on June 24, 1924, in Budapest, After teaching high school mathematics for two years, and then holding positions at Eötvös Loránd, the Mathematical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the University of Miami, he joined the Tulane faculty in 1968.

In 2004, Fuchs was honored at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 80th anniversary as one of the "big five" most distinguished Hungarian mathematicians. The other honorees were John Horvath, János Aczél, Ákos Császár and Steven Gaal. Fuchs has nearly 100 academic descendants, many of them through his student at Eötvös Loránd, George Grätzer.

Books . Reprinted by Pergamon Press, International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 1960. . Translated into Russian and German. Two conferences were dedicated to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday, and another on his 75th.

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Education
Eötvös Loránd University
Employers
Eötvös Loránd University, University of Miami, Tulane University
Awards
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Also known as
Laszlo Fuchs

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Who is László Fuchs?

mathematician (1924–)

When was László Fuchs born?

László Fuchs was born on 24 June 1924 in Budapest.

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László Fuchs is a mathematician and university teacher.

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László Fuchs is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: László Fuchs

· Wikidata: Q6710675

· DBpedia: László Fuchs

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