Miklós Simonovits
Miklós Simonovits (born September 4, 1943 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian mathematician who deals with combinatorics .
Simonovits studied at Loránd Eötvös University from 1962 to 1967 and then taught there. In 1970 he received his doctorate and his habilitation in 1981 (doctorate in the Russian system). He has been at the Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1979 and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (corresponding member since 2001, full since 2007).
He was visiting professor at a number of universities in the USA and Canada, visiting scholar in Denmark, India, Warsaw, Lomonosov University and Charles University in Prague .
Simonovits is known for his contributions to extremal graph theory . He also deals with theoretical computer science and random graphs. With László Lovász he developed randomized algorithms for the volume calculation of convex bodies.
He often worked with Paul Erdős .
His father Istvan Simonovits (1907–1985) was a hematologist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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| SURNAME | Simonovits, Miklós |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |