# Zoltán Ésik

> Hungarian mathematician

**Wikidata**: [Q24256548](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24256548)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/zoltan-esik

## Summary
Zoltán Ésik (1951–2016) was a Hungarian mathematician who also worked as a computer scientist and university teacher. He was elected a member of Academia Europaea in the Informatics section (from 2010). He was born in Szeged, Hungary, and died in Reykjavík.

## Biography
- Born: 1951-06-25 (Szeged)
- Died: 2016-05-25 (Reykjavík)
- Nationality: Hungary
- Known for: Work as a Hungarian mathematician and computer scientist; membership in Academia Europaea (Informatics section)
- Field(s): Mathematics; computer science
- Notable affiliation(s): Academia Europaea (AE section Informatics; member from 2010)

## Contributions
The provided source material identifies Zoltán Ésik as a Hungarian mathematician, computer scientist, and university teacher, and records his professional recognition as a member of Academia Europaea (Informatics section) starting in 2010. Beyond these role-level descriptors, the sources do not list specific publications, named theories, software, standards, patents, or leadership positions, nor do they provide institutional employment history or detailed research topics. 

However, the available authority and bibliographic identifiers (including VIAF, GND, Library of Congress, BnF, WorldCat Entities, DBLP author ID, and zbMATH author ID) indicate that his work is cataloged across major international library and scholarly indexing systems, consistent with an academic output that is discoverable in mathematics and computer science literature. Because the source material does not enumerate individual works or dates of specific contributions, no further concrete outcomes (titles, years, or impacts) can be stated here without adding unsupported information.

## FAQs
### Q: Who was Zoltán Ésik?
A: Zoltán Ésik was a Hungarian mathematician who also worked as a computer scientist and university teacher. He was born in Szeged on 1951-06-25 and died in Reykjavík on 2016-05-25.

### Q: What is Zoltán Ésik known for?
A: In the provided sources, he is known primarily for his work in mathematics and computer science and for being a member of Academia Europaea in the Informatics section (from 2010). The sources do not specify particular publications or discoveries.

### Q: Was Zoltán Ésik a member of any academies?
A: Yes. He was a member of Academia Europaea, in the AE section Informatics, with membership starting in 2010.

### Q: Where can I find authoritative records for Zoltán Ésik?
A: He has multiple authority identifiers, including VIAF 113197455, GND 113300441, Library of Congress n93012403, and BnF 12364818f. He is also indexed under DBLP author ID e/ZoltanEsik and zbMATH author ID esik.zoltan.

## Why They Matter
Within the limits of the provided material, Zoltán Ésik matters as a recognized contributor to the academic communities of mathematics and computer science. His election to Academia Europaea (Informatics section) beginning in 2010 is a concrete marker of standing and peer recognition at the European level. 

Additionally, the breadth of his international authority control and indexing footprint—spanning national libraries (e.g., Library of Congress, BnF), cross-library identifiers (WorldCat Entities), and discipline-specific databases (DBLP for computer science and zbMATH for mathematics)—shows that his scholarly identity and works are sufficiently established to be curated across major reference systems. This kind of persistent identification supports long-term discoverability, citation tracking, and accurate attribution in research. The sources do not provide details of specific intellectual innovations, so the lasting impact that can be stated here is primarily institutional and bibliographic: formal recognition by a major academy and durable integration into global scholarly cataloging infrastructure.

## Notable For
- Hungarian mathematician; also identified as a computer scientist and university teacher
- Member of Academia Europaea (AE section Informatics), starting in 2010
- Born in Szeged (1951-06-25) and died in Reykjavík (2016-05-25)
- Indexed in major scholarly and library authority systems (e.g., DBLP: e/ZoltanEsik; zbMATH: esik.zoltan; VIAF: 113197455)

## Body

### Identity and Roles
- Name: Zoltán Ésik
- Sex or gender: male
- Occupations (as listed): mathematician; university teacher; computer scientist

### Life Events
- Birth:
  - Date: 1951-06-25
  - Place: Szeged
- Death:
  - Date: 2016-05-25
  - Place: Reykjavík
- Citizenship: Hungary

### Academia Europaea
- Member of: Academia Europaea
- Section: Informatics
- Membership start time: 2010
- AE member page identifier: Esik_Zoltan

### Research Indexing and Authority Identifiers
- ISNI: 000000010937033X
- VIAF: 113197455
- GND: 113300441
- IdRef: 074692739
- NUKAT: n99030081
- BIBSYS: 90709353
- Library of Congress authority ID: n93012403
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) ID: 12364818f
- WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJd3RQfPvWtJtRTJr9rjG3
- DBLP author ID: e/ZoltanEsik
- zbMATH author ID: esik.zoltan
- Other identifiers (as listed): prabook_id 161068; nl_cr_aut_id xx0013199; kbr_person_id 14165910; pim_authority_id PIM52973; nationale thesaurus voor auteursnamen 250470373; National Library of Israel J9U 987007421530805171; Google Knowledge Graph /g/11byxfr95_

### Descriptive Metadata
- Wikidata description: Hungarian mathematician
- Wikipedia language editions noted: eo, fr, hu
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics

## References

1. BnF authorities
2. general catalog of BnF
3. Virtual International Authority File
4. [Source](https://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Esik_Zoltan)
5. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File