Andor Kertész
Andor Kertész (born February 19, 1929 in Gyula , † April 3, 1974 in Debrecen ) was a Hungarian mathematician who was a professor in Debrecen and later at the University of Halle and studied algebra.
Life
His father Lajos (1899–1974) was a music teacher and cantor of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Gyula . Kertész studied in Debrecen until 1952 and received his doctorate there in 1954 under László Rédei . In 1957 he received his habilitation, and from 1963 he was a professor at the University of Debrecen. 1962 to 1964 and 1968 to 1971 he was visiting professor at the University of Halle.
He worked on Abelian groups , ring and module theory (especially Artin's rings) as well as associations and groupoids. He introduced a radical term into module theory.
He became a member of the Leopoldina in 1968 .
Kertesz wrote a biography of Georg Cantor .
literature
- Karin Richter: Memories of Andor Kertész (1929–1974) (= Georg Cantor booklet. 2010, special issue, ISSN 1864-0931 ). Georg Cantor Association of Friends and Supporters of Mathematics and Computer Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 2010.
- Entry in: Siegfried Gottwald , Hans-Joachim Ilgauds , Karl-Heinz Schlote (eds.): Lexicon of important mathematicians. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-323-00319-5 .
- Obituary in: Publicationes Mathematicae. Debrecen, Vol. 21, 1974, ISSN 0033-3883 , pp. 159-160 and Vol. 23, 1976, pp. 1-9.
Fonts
- Georg Cantor 1845–1918. Creator of set theory. Acta Historica Leopoldina No. 15, 1983, and: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1984 (edited by Manfred Stern), ISBN 3-534-01882-6 .
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Lectures on Artinian Rings (= Disquisitiones Mathematicae Hungaricae. Vol. 14). With Chapters written by Gerhard Betsch, Alfred Widiger and Richard Wiegandt. Edited by Richard Wiegandt. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1987, ISBN 963-05-4309-5 .
- German edition: Lectures on Artin's rings. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest and Teubner 1968.
- Introduction to transfinite algebra. German Science Publishers, Berlin 1975.
- with T. Szele: On the existence of non-discrete topologies in infinite abelian groups. In: Publicationes Mathematicae. Debrecen, Vol. 3, 1953, pp. 187-189.
Web links
- Béla Csákány: Memories of Bela Csakany. (PDF; 515 kB).
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kertész, Andor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian mathematician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gyula |
DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1974 |
Place of death | Debrecen |