Cornelius Lanczos (2 February 1893 to 25 June 1974) was a Hungarian born mathematician and physicist who later held American and then Irish nationality. Born Kornel Lowy in Szekesfehervar, he studied at the University of Budapest, earned his doctorate at Szeged in 1921, and worked in Germany on relativity, including a period as an assistant to Albert Einstein in Berlin in 1928 and 1929. After moving to the United States in 1931 and teaching at Purdue University, he turned to applied mathematics and numerical analysis, developing a number of concepts in service of early digital computers. Colleagues remembered him as an innovative scholar and an excellent educator. His career runs from relativity and quantum theory to the numerical methods used on early computers.
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February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist.
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February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist.
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February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist.
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February 2, 1893, June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist.
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He began conducting research in numerical analysis, and developed a number of concepts in service of early digital computers.
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He began conducting research in numerical analysis, and developed a number of concepts in service of early digital computers.
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