Paul Halmos - Wikipedia
WEBPaul Richard Halmos (Hungarian: Halmos Pál; 3 March 3 1916 – 2 October 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces). He was also recognized as a ...
Paul Halmos (1916 - 2006) - MacTutor History of Mathematics
WEBOct 2, 2006 · Paul Halmos was a Hungarian-American mathematician who made fundamental advances in the areas of logic, probability, statistics, operator theory and functional analysis. He is best known for some of his text-books and for his collection of mathematicians' photographs. View nine larger pictures.
Paul Halmos, 90, Mathematician Known for Simplifying Concepts
WEBOct 20, 2006 · Paul R. Halmos, a mathematician known for exploring the implications of probability theory and helping simplify the expression of mathematical concepts in writing and speech, died on Oct. 2...
WEBPaul Halmos’s writing affected the professional lives of nearly every mathematician in the latter half of the twentieth century, and it will continue to influence the profession for years to come.
Paul Halmos - Wikiwand
WEBPaul Richard Halmos (Hungarian: Halmos Pál; 3 March 3 1916 – 2 October 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces). He was also recognized as a ...
WEBPaul Halmos came into mathematics in an ear-lier age, when immersing oneself in a career was still fashionable. He lived life as a mathematician as fully as anyone might live such a life. That doesn’t mean he spent every moment doing mathematics; he didn't. But almost every part of his life was influenced by being a mathematician—
WEBPaul Halmos was known for his work in operator theory, ergodic theory and functional analysis as well as his mathematical exposition and teaching style. He was born in Budapest and came to the United States in 1929, attending high school in Chicago.
Paul Halmos: In His Own Words - SpringerLink
WEBAnd so here is a collection of excerpts from the writing of Paul Halmos, giving advice, offering opinions, or merely contemplating life as a mathematician—all in his own words.
WEBPaul Halmos, one of the most influential mathematicians of the last half of the twentieth century, died at the age of ninety on October 2, 2006. Paul wrote “To be. a mathematician you must love mathematics more than family, religion, money, comfort, pleasure, glory.” Paul did love mathematics.
WEBPaul Halmos: Maverick Mathologist. and Editor of the American Mathematical Monthly. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and has held positions at Illinois, Syracuse, Chicago, Michi-gan, Hawaii, and Santa Barbara. He …