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John von Neumann

John von Neumann
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John von Neumann in the 1940s
Born Neumann János Lajos
(1903-12-28)December 28, 1903
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died February 8, 1957(1957-02-08) (aged 53)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Citizenship Hungary, United States
Fields Mathematics, physics, statistics, economics, computer science
Institutions University of Berlin
Princeton University
Institute for Advanced Study
Los Alamos Laboratory
Alma mater University of Pázmány Péter
ETH Zürich
Thesis Az általános halmazelmélet axiomatikus felépítése (1925)
Doctoral advisor Lipót Fejér
Other academic advisors László Rátz
Doctoral students Donald B. Gillies
Israel Halperin
Other notable students Paul Halmos
Clifford Hugh Dowker
Benoit Mandelbrot
Known for
Notable awards Bôcher Memorial Prize (1938)
Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award (1946)
Medal for Merit (1946)
Medal of Freedom (1956)
Enrico Fermi Award (1956)
Children Marina von Neumann Whitman
Signature
First few von Neumann ordinals
0 = Ø
1 = { 0 } = {Ø}
2 = { 0, 1 } = { Ø, {Ø} }
3 = { 0, 1, 2 } = { Ø, {Ø} , {Ø, {Ø}} }
4 = { 0, 1, 2, 3 } = { Ø, {Ø}, {Ø, {Ø}}, {Ø, {Ø}, {Ø, {Ø}}} }

John von Neumann (/vɒn ˈnɔɪmən/; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos, pronounced [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, inventor, computer scientist, and polymath. He made major contributions to a number of fields, including mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, ), and statistics.


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