Mathematician
Paul Erdős
Published about 1,500 papers with 500 collaborators and owned almost nothing, moving between colleagues' spare rooms for fifty years.
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. Erdős pursued and proposed problems in discrete mathematics, graph theory, number theory, mathematical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory. Much of his work centered on discrete mathematics, cracking many previously unsolved problems in the field. He championed and contributed to Ramsey theory, which studies the conditions in which order necessarily appears. Overall, his work leaned towards solving previously open problems, rather than developing or exploring new areas of mathematics.
- Born
- 1913-03-26, Budapest, HungaryA Wednesday
- Died
- 1996-09-20, Warsaw, PolandA Friday, aged 83
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1913-03-26, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Budapestthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 5°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 28°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 8°19′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 11°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 27°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 15°23′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 29°59′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 6°38′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 23°13′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 28°02′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1996-09-20, Warsaw, Poland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Warsawthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 27°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 26°58′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 22°04′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Leo | 14°24′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 6°34′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 4°27′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 0°47′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 25°02′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 0°47′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Paul Erdős was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
