Péter Frankl

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Péter Frankl (b. 26 March 1953, in Kaposvár, Somogy county, Hungary) is a Hungarian mathematician and street performer, and is Jewish. Frankl has lived in Japan since 1988, where he sometimes appears on NHK. Though not as popular as he once was, he still performs juggling in public spaces around Tokyo. Frankl won the gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1971. His Ph.D. advisor was Gyula O.H. Katona,[1] and he has six joint papers with Paul Erdős.[2]

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  1. ^ Theoretical Computer Science Genealogy. ACM SIGACT. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
  2. ^ Erdos0. Erdos Number Project. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.

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