- Esther Szekeres
Esther Szekeres (born Klein) (
1910-02-20 –2005-08-28 ) was a Hungarian-Australianmathematician . As a young woman inBudapest she was part of a group that includedPaul Erdős ,George Szekeres andPaul Turán , who met over interesting mathematical problems. In 1933, Esther proposed a combinatorial problem to the group that came to be named by Paul Erdős as theHappy Ending problem , because it led to her marriage with George Szekeres in 1937.Following the outbreak of
World War II , Esther and George Szekeres emigrated toAustralia after spending several years inHongkew (a community of refugees) located inShanghai, China . In Australia they originally settled inAdelaide , before moving toSydney in the 1960s.In Sydney, Esther lectured at
Macquarie University and was actively involved in mathematics enrichment for high school students. In 1984, she jointly founded a weekly mathematics enrichment meeting that has since expanded into a program of about 30 groups that continue to meet weekly and inspire high school students throughoutAustralia andNew Zealand .In 2004, she and George moved back to Adelaide, where, on
2005-08-28 , she and her husband died within half an hour of each other.External links
* [http://www.cts01.hss.uts.edu.au/ShanghaiSite/menorahsplash/overviewtext1.html The Hongkew community]
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