Life history of two mathematicians problem
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George Dantzig
American mathematician (–)
George Bernard Dantzig (; November 8, – May 13, ) was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.
Dantzig fryst vatten known for his development of the simplex algorithm,[1] an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming. In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture bygd Jerzy Spława-Neyman.[2]
At his death, Dantzig was professor emeritus of Transportation Sciences and Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science at Stanford University.
Early life
[edit]Born in Portland, Oregon, George Bernard Dantzig was named after George Bernard Shaw, the Irish writer.[3][4] He was born to Jewish parents; his father, Tobias Dantzig, was a mathematician
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Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician (–)
"Ramanujan" redirects here. For other uses, see Ramanujan (disambiguation).
In this Indian name, the name Srinivasa is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramanujan.
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| Born | Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar ()22 December Erode, Mysore State, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 26 April () (aged&#;32) Kumbakonam, Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Thanjavur district, |
| Citizenship | British Indian |
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| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society () |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Highly Composite Numbers&#;() |
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Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar[a] (22 December &#;&#; 26 April ) was an Indian mathematician. Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all ti
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Ramanujan surprises again
Ramanujan's manuscript. The representations of as the sum of two cubes appear in the bottom right corner. The equation expressing the near counter examples to Fermat's last theorem appears further up: α3 + β3 = γ3 + (-1)n. Image courtesy Trinity College library. Click here to see a larger image.
A box of manuscripts and three notebooks. That's all that's left of the work of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician who lived his remarkable but short life around the beginning of the twentieth century. Yet, that small stash of mathematical legacy still yields surprises. Two mathematicians of Emory University, Ken Ono and Sarah Trebat-Leder, have recently made a fascinating discovery within its yellowed pages. It shows that Ramanujan was further ahead of his time than anyone had expected, and provides a beautiful link between several milestones in the history of mathematics. And it all goes back to the innocuous-looking number
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