Alfréd Rényi

Alfréd Rényi
Born(1921-03-20)20 March 1921
Budapest, Hungary
Died1 February 1970(1970-02-01) (aged 48)
Budapest, Hungary
Alma materUniversity of Szeged
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsEötvös Loránd University
Doctoral advisorFrigyes Riesz
Doctoral studentsImre Csiszár
Gyula O. H. Katona
János Komlós
András Prékopa
Gábor Székely
Janos Galambos

Alfréd Rényi (20 March 1921 – 1 February 1970) was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory.