Mathematician:John von Neumann

Born Neumann János Lajos in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Made major contributions to a vast range of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, continuous geometry, economics, game theory, computer science, numerical analysis and statistics, to name but a few.

He is generally regarded as one of the foremost mathematicians in modern history.

Nationality
Hungarian/American

History

 * Born: 28 Dec 1903, Budapest, Hungary
 * Died: 8 Feb 1957, Washington D.C., USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Stone-von Neumann Theorem
 * Von Neumann-Bernays-Gödel Set Theory
 * Von Neumann Algebra
 * Von Neumann Architecture
 * Von Neumann Bicommutant Theorem
 * Von Neumann Conjecture
 * Von Neumann Entropy
 * Von Neumann Programming Languages
 * Von Neumann Regular Ring
 * Von Neumann Universal Constructor
 * Von Neumann Universe