George Pólya

12.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

George Pólya is a scholar working on Education, Theoretical Computer Science and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, George Pólya has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Education, 5 papers in Theoretical Computer Science and 4 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in George Pólya's work include History and Theory of Mathematics (5 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers). George Pólya is often cited by papers focused on History and Theory of Mathematics (5 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers). George Pólya collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. George Pólya's co-authors include Gábor Szegő, Herbert S. Zuckerman, Robert E. Tarjan, Donald R. Woods, Jeremy Kilpatrick, R. P. Boas, Alan H. Schoenfeld, Jean Pedersen, Robert Karplus and Gerald L. Alexanderson and has published in prestigious journals such as American Mathematical Monthly, College Mathematics Journal and Birkhäuser Boston eBooks.

In The Last Decade

George Pólya

46 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Isoperimetric inequalities in mathematical physics 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1972 1966 2014 1954 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Pólya United States 19 1.6k 1.1k 1.0k 823 814 50 5.2k
Philip J. Davis United States 26 1.4k 0.9× 485 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 307 0.4× 412 0.5× 128 6.6k
Paul R. Halmos United States 36 2.9k 1.8× 268 0.2× 2.1k 2.1× 985 1.2× 2.5k 3.0× 140 6.9k
Herbert S. Zuckerman United States 17 347 0.2× 313 0.3× 465 0.5× 458 0.6× 407 0.5× 41 2.3k
Hans Freudenthal Netherlands 24 638 0.4× 2.3k 2.0× 128 0.1× 460 0.6× 414 0.5× 110 4.0k
David Preiss United Kingdom 25 847 0.5× 621 0.6× 617 0.6× 516 0.6× 990 1.2× 146 2.8k
Hyman Bass United States 37 398 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 941 0.9× 4.4k 5.3× 2.4k 3.0× 119 7.6k
David Hestenes United States 37 1.6k 1.1× 4.6k 4.1× 263 0.3× 453 0.6× 144 0.2× 81 8.6k
Abraham Berman Israel 24 335 0.2× 152 0.1× 2.3k 2.3× 555 0.7× 177 0.2× 113 4.5k
Robert W. Heath United States 107 551 0.4× 195 0.2× 312 0.3× 379 0.5× 306 0.4× 853 50.8k
William P. Thurston United States 39 1.4k 0.9× 188 0.2× 1.0k 1.0× 4.4k 5.3× 3.3k 4.1× 87 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Pólya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Pólya

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Pólya, George. (2006). From the 1950s: Mathematics as a Subject for Learning Plausible Reasoning. Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12. 100(5). 36–39. 1 indexed citations
2.
Pólya, George. (2002). The Goals of Mathematical Education: Part Two.. 181. 42–44. 9 indexed citations
3.
Pólya, George. (1989). Comment poser et résoudre un problème. 7 indexed citations
4.
Pólya, George. (1987). George Polya 1887-1985. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 95. 1 indexed citations
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Pólya, George, et al.. (1984). Probability ; Combinatorics ; Teaching and learning in mathematics. MIT Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
6.
Pólya, George, Robert E. Tarjan, & Donald R. Woods. (1983). Notes on Introductory Combinatorics. Birkhäuser Boston eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Pólya, George. (1977). Mathematical Methods in Science. 26 indexed citations
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Pólya, George, et al.. (1976). Theory of functions, zeros, polynomials, determinants, number theory, geometry. Springer eBooks. 9 indexed citations
9.
Boas, R. P. & George Pólya. (1974). Singularities of analytic functions. MIT Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Pólya, George & Jeremy Kilpatrick. (1974). The Stanford mathematics problem book: with hints and solutions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
11.
Pólya, George, Gábor Szegő, & Dorothee M. Aeppli. (1972). Series, integral calculus, theory of functions. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations
12.
Pólya, George. (1967). Schule des Denkens : vom Lösen mathematischer Probleme. 13 indexed citations
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Pólya, George. (1966). Vom Lösen mathematischer Aufgaben : Einsicht und Entdeckung, Lernen und Lehren. Birkhäuser eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Pólya, George, et al.. (1963). Typen und strukturen plausibler folgerung. Birkhäuser eBooks. 1 indexed citations
15.
Pólya, George. (1962). Mathematical discovery. DSpace (Federal University of Santa Catarina). 55 indexed citations
16.
Pólya, George, et al.. (1962). Induktion und Analogie in der Mathematik. Birkhäuser eBooks. 3 indexed citations
17.
Pólya, George. (1958). Les mathématiques et le raisonnement "plausible". Gauthier-Villars eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Pólya, George. (1954). Patterns of plausible inference. Princeton University Press eBooks. 105 indexed citations
19.
Pólya, George. (1954). Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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