Georg Pólya

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Georg Pólya is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Pólya has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geometry and Topology, 5 papers in Applied Mathematics and 5 papers in Theoretical Computer Science. Recurrent topics in Georg Pólya's work include History and Theory of Mathematics (5 papers), Graph theory and applications (3 papers) and Point processes and geometric inequalities (3 papers). Georg Pólya is often cited by papers focused on History and Theory of Mathematics (5 papers), Graph theory and applications (3 papers) and Point processes and geometric inequalities (3 papers). Georg Pólya collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Georg Pólya's co-authors include Giorgio P. Szegö, Gábor Szegő, L. E. Payne, Hans F. Weinberger, I. J. Schoenberg, M. Schiffer, Ronald C. Read, Ian Anderson, Leonard J. Savage and Gordon Latta and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Georg Pólya

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Isoperimetric Inequalities in Mathematical Physics. (AM-27) 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1964 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Isoperimetric Inequalities in Mathematical Physics. (AM-27)
    1951 668 citations Georg Pólya, Giorgio P. Szegö Princeton University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Aufgaben und Lehrsätze aus der Analysis
    1964 458 citations Georg Pólya, Gábor Szegő profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Georg Pólya United States 15 976 701 607 465 157 36 2.2k
Casper Goffman United States 16 598 0.6× 559 0.8× 578 1.0× 371 0.8× 100 0.6× 86 1.7k
Hassler Whitney United States 13 528 0.5× 375 0.5× 603 1.0× 785 1.7× 310 2.0× 18 2.0k
Harley Flanders United States 18 310 0.3× 368 0.5× 207 0.3× 285 0.6× 187 1.2× 98 1.7k
A. Erdélyi United States 19 565 0.6× 246 0.4× 374 0.6× 167 0.4× 53 0.3× 47 1.4k
Louis Auslander United States 18 424 0.4× 193 0.3× 600 1.0× 629 1.4× 126 0.8× 60 1.6k
C. A. Rogers United Kingdom 27 816 0.8× 571 0.8× 695 1.1× 815 1.8× 88 0.6× 114 2.4k
E. F. Beckenbach United States 15 438 0.4× 341 0.5× 177 0.3× 241 0.5× 58 0.4× 37 1.4k
A. I. Markushevich United States 8 527 0.5× 211 0.3× 257 0.4× 312 0.7× 68 0.4× 15 1.3k
Srishti D. Chatterji Switzerland 10 236 0.2× 255 0.4× 579 1.0× 496 1.1× 126 0.8× 25 1.6k
N.G. de Bruijn Netherlands 15 239 0.2× 690 1.0× 352 0.6× 274 0.6× 53 0.3× 54 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Anderson, Ian, Georg Pólya, & Ronald C. Read. (1988). Combinatorial Enumeration of Groups, Graphs and Chemical Compounds. The Mathematical Gazette. 72(461). 244–244. 9 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1976). On the zeros of successive derivatives an example. Journal d Analyse Mathématique. 30(1). 452–455. 2 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg, et al.. (1975). Finite element analysis: Fundamentals, Richard H. Gallagher. Prentice‐Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1975. No. of pages: 416. Price: $19·95. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 9(3). 732–732. 1 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1975). Partitions of a finite set into structured subsets. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 77(3). 453–458. 1 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1973). A story with a moral. The Mathematical Gazette. 57(400). 86–87. 1 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg & Gábor Szegő. (1971). Aufgaben und Lehrsätze aus der Analysis. Heidelberger Taschenbücher. 33 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg & Gábor Szegő. (1970). Aufgaben und Lehrsätze aus der Analysis. Heidelberger Taschenbücher. 38 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1969). On the number of certain lattice polygons. Journal of Combinatorial Theory. 6(1). 102–105. 78 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1966). Vom Lösen Mathematischer Aufgaben. 9 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1961). The minimum fraction of the popular vote that can elect the President of the United States. Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12. 54(3). 130–133. 3 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1960). Two More Inequalities between Physical and Geometrical Quantities. Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society. 24. 413–419. 38 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1960). Teaching of mathematics in Switzerland. Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12. 53(7). 552–558. 3 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1960). Teaching of Mathematics in Switzerland. American Mathematical Monthly. 67(9). 907–907.
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Pólya, Georg. (1959). Heuristic Reasoning in the Theory of Numbers. American Mathematical Monthly. 66(5). 375–384. 16 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1958). On the Curriculum for Prospective High School Teachers. American Mathematical Monthly. 65(2). 101–104.
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Payne, L. E., Georg Pólya, & Hans F. Weinberger. (1956). On the Ratio of Consecutive Eigenvalues. Journal of Mathematics and Physics. 35(1-4). 289–298. 191 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg. (1955). More isoperimetric inequalities proved and conjectured. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 29(1). 112–119. 5 indexed citations
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Savage, Leonard J. & Georg Pólya. (1955). Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. Volume I, Induction and Analogy in Mathematics. Volume II, Patterns of Plausible Inference.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 50(272). 1352–1352. 3 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg & M. Schiffer. (1953). Convexity of functionals by transplantation. Journal d Analyse Mathématique. 3(1). 245–345. 55 indexed citations
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Pólya, Georg & Giorgio P. Szegö. (1951). Isoperimetric Inequalities in Mathematical Physics. (AM-27). Princeton University Press eBooks. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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