Péter Rózsa

Rózsa Péter (orig.: Politzer), (February 17, 1905–February 16, 1977) was a Hungarian mathematician. She is best known for her work with recursion theory.

Péter was born in Budapest, Hungary, as Rózsa Politzer. She attended Eötvös Loránd University, where she received her Ph.D. in 1935. During Miklós Horthy's collaboration with Nazi Germany, she was forbidden to teach because of her Jewish origin. After the war she published her key work, "Recursive Functions". She taught at Eötvös Loránd University from 1955 until her retirement in 1975.

"(see also Ackermann function)"

Bibliography

*Péter, Rózsa. (1943) 1962. "Playing with Infinity: Mathematics for Everyman". Translated by Z. P. Dienes, Simon and Schuster; Dover Books edition, 1977.
*Péter, Rózsa. 1967. "Recursive Functions". Translated by István Földes. New York: Academic Press.
*Péter, Rózsa. (1964) 1990. "Mathematics is Beautiful." Translated by Leon Harkleroad. "The Mathematical Intelligencer" 12: 58–64.

External links

* [http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/peter.htm "Rózsa Péter", Biographies of Women Mathematicians] , Agnes Scott College
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