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Frigyes Riesz

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Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to functional analysis (1880–1956)

Key facts

Born
( 1880-01-22 ) 22 January 1880, Győr , Austria-Hungary
Died
28 February 1956 (1956-02-28) (aged 76), Budapest , Hungary
Citizenship
Hungarian
Fields
Mathematics
Doctoral advisor
Gyula Vályi
Doctoral students
János Aczél , Steven Gaal , John Horvath , Tibor Radó , Alfréd Rényi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Frigyes
Gender
male
Citizenship
Hungary
Place of birth
Győr
Place of death
Budapest
Languages spoken
French
Doctoral advisor
Gyula Vályi
Field of work
functional analysis
Image
Frigyes Riesz.jpeg
Residence
Hungary
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Commons category
Frigyes Riesz
date of birth
1880-01-22
date of death
1956-02-28
Erdős number
2
Commons gallery
Frigyes Riesz
place of burial
Fiume Road Graveyard
relative
Åke Pleijel
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WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

Frigyes Riesz (Hungarian: Riesz Frigyes, pronounced [ˈriːs ˈfriɟɛʃ], sometimes known in English and French as Frederic Riesz; 22 January 1880 – 28 February 1956) was a Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to functional analysis, as did his younger brother Marcel Riesz.

Life and career

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