Paul Richard Halmos

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
gptkb:Lester_R._Ford_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-03-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Budapest,_Hungary
gptkbp:deathDate 2006-10-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Los_Gatos,_California,_USA
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gptkb:Mathematical_Reviews
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Indiana_University
gptkb:Santa_Clara_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Hawaii
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
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gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:probability_theory
algebraic logic
ergodic theory
functional analysis
measure theory
operator theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Richard Halmos
gptkbp:knownFor Halmos notation
popularizing the use of the "tombstone" (∎) to denote the end of a proof
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gptkb:A_Hilbert_Space_Problem_Book
gptkb:Finite-Dimensional_Vector_Spaces
gptkb:I_Want_to_Be_a_Mathematician
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gptkb:Naive_Set_Theory
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author
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