Alfréd Haar
Hungarian mathematician
Died when: 47 years 156 days (569 months)Star Sign: Libra
Alfréd Haar (Hungarian: Haar Alfréd; 11 October 1885, Budapest – 16 March 1933, Szeged) was a Hungarian mathematician.In 1904 he began to study at the University of Göttingen.
His doctorate was supervised by David Hilbert.The Haar measure, Haar wavelet, and Haar transform are named in his honor.
Between 1912 and 1919 he taught at Franz Joseph University in Kolozsvár.Together with Frigyes Riesz, he made the University of Szeged a centre of mathematics.
He also founded the Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum journal together with Riesz.
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