Donald E. Knuth

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author computer scientist human mathematician professor

Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."

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Label Occurrences
Donald E. Knuth canonical 25
Donald Knuth 22
Donald Ervin Knuth 1

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PhD in Mathematics ⓘ
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Harvey Prize ⓘ
IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ
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Kyoto Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
Turing Award ⓘ
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Case School of Applied Science ⓘ
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The Art of Computer Programming ⓘ
founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms ⓘ
literate programming ⓘ
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National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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The Art of Computer Programming ⓘ
surface form: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms

The Art of Computer Programming ⓘ
surface form: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms

The Art of Computer Programming ⓘ
surface form: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching

The Art of Computer Programming ⓘ
surface form: The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1

Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About ⓘ
positionHeld Professor Emeritus at Stanford University ⓘ
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
workInstitution Stanford University ⓘ

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- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Donald E. Knuth
Description of subject: Donald E. Knuth is an American computer scientist renowned for founding the rigorous analysis of algorithms and authoring the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming."

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