Mathematician:George Pólya

Mathematician
Hungarian mathematician best known nowadays for the books he wrote.

Nationality
Hungarian

History

 * Born: 13 Dec 1887, Budapest, Hungary
 * Died: 7 Sept 1985, Palo Alto, California, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * All Horses are the Same Colour
 * Hilbert-Pólya Conjecture (with )
 * Pólya-Vinogradov Inequality (independently of )
 * Pólya's Urn

Publications

 * 1925: (with )
 * 1925: (with )
 * 1933: Abschätzung des Betrages einer Determinante (with )
 * 1934: (with  and )
 * 1945:
 * 1954:
 * 1954: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning
 * 1974: (with )
 * 1974: (with )
 * 1974: (with )

Also known as
Hungarian name: Pólya György.

His name can often be seen rendered without its diacritic: George Polya.