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Paul Halmos

American mathematician

Died when: 90 years 213 days (1086 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Paul Halmos

Paul Richard Halmos (Hungarian: Halmos Pál;March 3, 1916 – October 2, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and statistician who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces).

He was also recognized as a great mathematical expositor.He has been described as one of The Martians.


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