József Solymosi worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists József Solymosi as Hungarian-Canadian mathematician.
József Solymosi was born in 1959. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He studied at Eötvös Loránd University and ETH Zurich.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of British Columbia.
The recorded fields of work are additive combinatorics, extremal combinatorics and discrete geometry.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Hungary matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
József Solymosi is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of British Columbia
- Fields: additive combinatorics, extremal combinatorics and discrete geometry
