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Béla Bollobás

Béla Bollobás

Hungarian mathematician (born 1943)

83 years oldLeoHungary

Biography

Béla Bollobás FRS (born 3 August 1943) is a Hungarian-born British mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics, including functional analysis, combinatorics, graph theory, and percolation theory. He was strongly influenced by Paul Erdős from the age of 14. He is currently a professor and chair of excellence at the University of Memphis.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • Head of Structural Biology

Employers / organisations

  • University of Memphis

Family

Parents
Béla Bollobás
Siblings
Enikő Bollobás

Awards & honours (5)

  • honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
  • Széchenyi Prize
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • Senior Whitehead Prize
  • Fellow of the Royal Society

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Quick facts

Also known as
Bela Bollobas
Born
August 3, 1943 · Budapest
Age
83 years
Next birthday
in 309 days
Zodiac
Leo · Chinese: Goat
Gender
male
Nationality
Hungary
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Education
Eötvös Loránd University, Trinity College
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