Kossuth Prize
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Edition 10 (1957) Winner
László Fejes Tóth
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László Fejes Tóth
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-03-12 （Szeged）
- Died
- 2005-03-17 （Budapest） age 90
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian, German, French, English
- Residence History
- Szeged, Hungary → Budapest, Hungary → Cluj (Kolozsvár), Romania → Veszprém, Hungary
Career
- Occupations
- mathematician, university professor, director of mathematical institute
- Active Years
- 1935-2005
- Affiliations
- Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Memberships
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1962-), Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
- Influenced By
- Lipót Fejér
- Influenced
- Thomas Hales, Károly Bezdek, Paul Erdős, H.S.M. Coxeter
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eötvös Loránd University (formerly Pázmány Péter University) | — | Mathematics | 博士号 | 1930年代 | Hungary |
Eötvös Loránd University (formerly Pázmány Péter University)
Mathematics
Degree:
博士号
Period:
1930年代
Country:
Hungary
Doctorate under Lipót Fejér
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Klug Lipót Prize | — | — | Hungarian Mathematical Society | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Kossuth Prize | Lagerungen in der Ebene, auf der Kugel und im Raum | — | Government of the Hungarian People's Republic | 受賞 |
| 1973 | State Prize (Széchenyi Prize) | — | — | Hungarian Government | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Tibor Szele Prize | — | — | Bolyai Society | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Gauss Bicentennial Medal | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Gold Medal of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | — | — | Hungarian Academy of Sciences | 受賞 |
Klug Lipót Prize
1943
Organization:
Hungarian Mathematical Society
Result:
受賞
Kossuth Prize
1957
Work:
Lagerungen in der Ebene, auf der Kugel und im Raum
Organization:
Government of the Hungarian People's Republic
Result:
受賞
State Prize (Széchenyi Prize)
1973
Organization:
Hungarian Government
Result:
受賞
Tibor Szele Prize
1977
Organization:
Bolyai Society
Result:
受賞
Gauss Bicentennial Medal
1977
Result:
受賞
Gold Medal of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2002
Organization:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lagerungen in der Ebene, auf der Kugel und im Raum
1953 Geometry 238 pagesClassic monograph systematizing packings and coverings in the plane, on the sphere, and in space.
packingcoveringconvex setslattices
Translations
- Translated into Russian and Japanese
Bibliography
- Des séries exponentielles de Cauchy (1935)
- Regular Figures (1964)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rigorous mathematical expositionintuitive geometric insights
- Recurring Motifs
- sphere packingregular polyhedradiscrete geometry
Legacy
Hungarian mathematician who laid the foundations of discrete and combinatorial geometry. Showed that the Kepler conjecture reduces to finite case analysis, paving the way for computer-assisted proof.
Trivia
- Skilled in table tennis, tennis, and gymnastics; photo shows him on high bar around age 50.
- Married to a chemist; three children (mathematician, physiologist, psychologist).