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Egon Balas

American mathematician (1922–2019)
Person human Q552641

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
June 7, 1922
Date of death
March 18, 2019
Place of birth
Cluj-Napoca
Country of citizenship
Romania[8]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher, economist
Employer
Carnegie Mellon University[9]
Educated at
Bolyai University, University of Paris[10][11]
Member of political party
Romanian Communist Party, Hungarian Communist Party[18][19]
Award received
John von Neumann Theory Prize, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[12][13]
Spouse
Edith Balas[7]
Official website
www.cmu.edu[32]
Doctoral student
Manfred Padberg, Matthew J. Saltzman, Maria-Cecilia Arce Carrera, Bruno Wiener Repetto, Milind W. Dawande, Gábor Pataki, Chang Sung Yu, Andrea Qualizza[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Student of
Robert Fortet[33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[35]
Birth name
Blatt[36]
Erdős number
+2[37]
Family name
Balas, Balázs, Blatt[28][29][30]
Given name
Egon[31]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[38]
Manner of death
natural causes[34]
Member of
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Egon Balas he אגון בלס hu Balas Egon hu Balázs Egon hu Egon Balas ja エゴン・バラス ru Балас, Эгон ru Эгон Балас
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000117704555
VIAF cluster ID
74078449
Library of Congress authority ID
no92029458
GND ID
122324846
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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BIBSYS ID
90832620
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14476239w
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11268639
CiNii Research ID
1140000791725147392
DBLP author ID
39/971
DDB person (GND) ID
122324846
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122324846
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FAST ID
314144
Freebase ID
/m/0jwxfdx
HAS member ID
18883
IdRef ID
076096181
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
122324846
KBR person ID
14307127
MR Author ID
194203
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
154872
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09154604
NUKAT ID
n98037912
National Academy of Engineering member ID
30924
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007258120605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070466432
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
18205
RERO ID (legacy)
A002962608
RePEc Short-ID
pba1664
SHARE Catalogue author ID
768231
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/22052bf4-5817-445b-87b0-743367a11a4f
ZbMATH author ID
balas.egon

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Member of 3
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Occupation 3
mathematician, economist, university teacher
Educated at 2
University of Paris, Bolyai University
Member of political party 2
Romanian Communist Party, Hungarian Communist Party
Award received 1
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Country of citizenship 1
Romania
Employer 1
Carnegie Mellon University
Given name 1
Egon
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Cluj-Napoca
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Egon Balas was born on June 7, 1922[1], in Cluj-Napoca[2]. He died on March 18, 2019[3]. He worked as a mathematician[4], university teacher[5], and economist[6].

FAQs

Where was Egon Balas born?

Egon Balas's place of birth was Cluj-Napoca[2].

Who was Egon Balas married to?

Egon Balas's spouses include Edith Balas[7].

What did Egon Balas do for work?

Egon Balas worked as a mathematician[4], university teacher[5], and economist[6].

Where did Egon Balas go to school?

Egon Balas was educated at Bolyai University[10] and University of Paris[11].

What awards did Egon Balas receive?

Honors received include John von Neumann Theory Prize[12] and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[13].

Related Entities

Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca Romania University of Paris

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . cmu.edu. cmu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [14] ↑ . mta.hu. mta.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [16] ↑ . siam.org. Retrieved . siam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . cmu.edu. cmu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . cmu.edu. cmu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . cmu.edu. cmu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spouse → Edith Balas
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  2. 20w ago · Wdadmlibstl · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Member of → —
    Family name → Balas, Balázs, Blatt
    Member of political party → Romanian Communist Party, Hungarian Communist Party
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