István Fáry
Hungarian-American mathematician (1922–1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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István Fáry (30 June 1922 – 2 November 1984) was a Hungarian-born mathematician known for his work in geometry and algebraic topology.[1] He proved Fáry's theorem that every planar graph has a straight-line embedding in 1948, and the Fáry–Milnor theorem lower-bounding the curvature of a nontrivial knot in 1949.
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István Fáry | |
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Born | (1922-06-30)30 June 1922 |
Died | 2 November 1984(1984-11-02) (aged 62) |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | Knot theory |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | Jean Leray |
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