John von Neumann

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John von Neumann
John von Neumann in the 1940s
BornNeumann János Lajos
28 December 1903(1903-12-28)
Budapest, Austrick-Hungary
Dee'd8 Februar 1957(1957-02-08) (aged 53)
Washington, D.C., USA
ResidenceUnitit States
NaitionalityHungarian an American
CitizenshipUnitit States
Alma materVarsity o Pázmány Péter
ETH Zürich
Kent for
BairnsMarina von Neumann Whitman
AwairdsBôcher Memorial Prize (1938)
Enrico Fermi Awaird (1956)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, pheesics, stateestics, economics
InstitutionsVarsity o Berlin
Princeton Varsity
Institute for Advanced Study
Steid Y, Los Alamos
Doctoral advisorLipót Fejér
Other academic advisorsLászló Rátz
Doctoral studentsDonald B. Gillies
Israel Halperin
John P. Mayberry[1]
Ither notable studentsPaul Halmos
Clifford Hugh Dowker
Benoit Mandelbrot[2]

John von Neumann (Hungarian: Neumann János, /vɒn ˈnɔɪmən/; December 28, 1903 – Februar 8, 1957) wis a Hungarian-American pure an applee'd mathematician, pheesicist, inventor, an polymath.

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  1. John von Neumann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. Dempster, M. A. H. (Februar 2011). "Benoit B. Mandelbrot (1924–2010): a father of Quantitative Finance" (PDF). Quantitative Finance. 11 (2): 155–156.