Esther Szekeres
Esther Szekeres née Klein (1910 - 2005) Hungarian mathematician, best known for the happy ending problem
she pondered with Paul Erdős and which led to her marriage to the mathematician George Szekeres.
During World War II, Szekeres and her husband moved to Australia. In Sydney, she lectured at Macquarie University and lobbied to improve mathematics education in high schools in Australia and New Zealand.
As she collaborated with Erdős, Janice L. Malouf and John Selfridge on the paper Subsets of an interval whose product is a power, she has Erdős number (http://planetmath.org/ErdHosNumber) 1.
| Title | Esther Szekeres |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | EstherSzekeres |
| Date of creation | 2013-03-22 16:16:11 |
| Last modified on | 2013-03-22 16:16:11 |
| Owner | Mravinci (12996) |
| Last modified by | Mravinci (12996) |
| Numerical id | 5 |
| Author | Mravinci (12996) |
| Entry type | Biography |
| Classification | msc 01A61 |
| Classification | msc 01A60 |
| Synonym | Esther Klein |
| Synonym | Esther Szekeres-Klein |