János Aczél (mathematician)

János Aczél
Aczél in 1970
Born
János Dezső Aczél

(1924-12-26)26 December 1924
Died1 January 2020(2020-01-01) (aged 95)
NationalityHungarian
Canadian
SpouseZsuzsanna Kende
Children2
Scientific career
Fieldsfunctional equations
information theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo
University of Cologne
University of Debrecen
University of Miskolc
University of Szeged

János Dezső Aczél FRSC (Hungarian: [ˈɒt͡seːl]; 26 December 1924 – 1 January 2020), also known as John Aczel, was a Hungarian-Canadian mathematician, who specialized in functional equations and information theory.