Ronald L. Graham

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Ronald L. Graham was an influential American mathematician known for his pioneering work in combinatorics, discrete mathematics, and computational geometry, as well as for popularizing mathematics through both research and expository writing.

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instanceOf American mathematician
human
mathematician
academicDegree PhD in mathematics
awardReceived Leroy P. Steele Prize
surface form: American Mathematical Society Leroy P. Steele Prize

Carl Allendoerfer Award
Euler Medal
Lester R. Ford Award
Pólya Prize (LMS)
surface form: Polya Prize

Steele Prize for Expository Writing
coAuthor Bruce L. Rothschild
Donald E. Knuth
Joel H. Spencer
Oren Patashnik
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1935-10-31
dateOfDeath 2020-07-06
doctoralAdvisor Derrick Henry Lehmer
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer Bell Telephone Laboratories
surface form: AT&T Bell Laboratories

Bell Telephone Laboratories
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University of California, San Diego
familyName Graham
fieldOfWork Ramsey theory
combinatorics
computational geometry
discrete mathematics
number theory
theoretical computer science
givenName Ronald
hobby acrobatics
juggling
knownFor Graham's number
Ramsey theory in combinatorics
discrete geometry
popularization of mathematics
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Mathematical Society
National Academy of Sciences
name Ronald L. Graham self-link
notableIdea Graham–Pollak theorem
Graham–Rothschild theorem
notableWork Concrete Mathematics
Ramsey theory
surface form: Ramsey Theory (book)
occupation research scientist
university professor
placeOfBirth Taft, California
surface form: Taft, California, United States
placeOfDeath La Jolla, California, United States
positionHeld Chief Scientist at AT&T Labs
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego
President of the American Mathematical Society
President of the Mathematical Association of America
sexOrGender male

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Euler Medal notableRecipient Ronald L. Graham
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