George Pólya
Galactica ID
DGP-RQMD3XVRYS31GoldWikidata, with references. Checked 3 Oct 2026. What is this?
George Pólya was a Hungarian mathematician (1887-1985). Born 1887 in Budapest. Associated with Stanford University, ETH Zurich, Brown University.
- Born
- 13 Dec 1887, Budapest
- Died
- 8 Sept 1985, Palo Alto
- Citizenship
- Hungary, United States
- Party
- National Academy of Sciences
- Languages
- English, Hungarian, Italian
Worksilver
- Stanford University1942 to 1953
- Brown University1940 to 1942
- ETH Zurich1914 to 1940
Educationsilver
- University of Göttingen1912 to 1913
- Eötvös Loránd University1905 to 1912
- University of Vienna1910 to 1911
- Berzsenyi Dániel Secondary School1904
Awards and work
Notable work
- How to Solve It
- Pólya conjecture
- Fueter–Pólya theorem
- Pólya–Szegő inequality
- Laguerre–Pólya class
- Pólya urn model
- Pólya enumeration theorem
- beta negative binomial distribution
About
Expertise: mathematical analysis, combinatorics, mathematics, number theory, numerical analysis, probability theory, heuristic, education
Connectionssilver
Family
- Jakab PólyaFather
Questions about this record
- Who is George Pólya?
- George Pólya was a Hungarian mathematician (1887-1985). Born 1887 in Budapest. Associated with Stanford University, ETH Zurich, Brown University.
- What is the Galactica ID of George Pólya?
- DGP-RQMD3XVRYS31 is the permanent Data Galactica ID for this record of George Pólya. The Wikidata id Q296259 resolves to it.