Paul Erdos


Paul Erdos died on September 20, 1996, in Warsaw. He was 83.
He was attending a Minisemester for Combinatorics in Warsaw, gave two lectures. Vera Sós and András Sárközi were leaving Budapest for Warsaw on 21st, and Paul's original plan was to fly with them from Warsaw to Vilnius for the Kubilius Conference.

According to the doctors, Paul Erdos had two heart attacks, and the second one killed him. Early Friday morning he felt heart problems. He was carried to a hospital, where he died in the afternoon.

What The London Times, and what The New York Times writes.


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