CentralNotice Paul Erdős From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Paul Erdős Paul Erdős at a student seminar in Budapest (Fall 1992) Born ( 1913-03-26 ) 26 March 1913 Budapest , Hungary Died 20 September 1996 ( 1996-09-20 ) (aged 83) Warsaw , Poland Residence Hungary United Kingdom United States Israel Nationality Hungarian Fields Mathematics Institutions Manchester Princeton Purdue Notre Dame Alma mater Eötvös Loránd University Doctoral advisor Leopold Fejér Doctoral students Bonifac Donat Joseph Kruskal Alexander Soifer Béla Bollobás [ 1 ] Known for See list Notable awards Wolf Prize (1983/84) AMS Cole Prize (1951) Paul Erdős ( Hungarian : Erdős Pál [ˈɛrdøːʃ paːl] ; 26 March 1913 – 20 September 1996) was a Hungarian mathematician . He was one of the most prolific mathematician...