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George Szekeres
2005Aug, 28

George Szekeres

George Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
George Szekeres AM FAA (Hungarian: [ˈsɛkɛrɛʃ]; 29 May 1911 – 28 August 2005) was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician.

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