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- From: P.Samet@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Paul Samet)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Polya Question
- Message-ID: <3062@ucl-cs.uucp>
- Date: 7 Oct 92 10:31:15 GMT
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- Polya died on 7 September 1985, at Palo Alto, following a stroke.
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- There is a very comprehensive obituary of him, with a description and
- assessment of his work in "Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society", Vol
- 19, part 6, number 81, November 1987, pages 559-608.
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- The LMS established a prize in his honour, with money donated by his widow, in
- 1986. The first holder of the prize, in 1987, was J. H. Conway.
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- Paul Samet
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