Derrick Henry Lehmer
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Derrick Henry Lehmer was an American mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in number theory and the development of early computational methods and machines for prime number and factorization research.
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American mathematician
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Cole Prize in Number Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1905-02-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of computational methods in number theory ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1991-05-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | M. H. Ingraham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent | Emma Trotskaia Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century mathematics ⓘ |
| familyName | Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computational number theory
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mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Derrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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computational mathematics
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pure mathematics ⓘ |
| influenced | computational number theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Derrick Norman Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lehmer sieve
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Lehmer's method for finding zeros of the Riemann zeta function ⓘ early mechanical and electro-mechanical computing devices for number theory ⓘ tables of prime numbers and factors ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Derrick Henry Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of early computational devices for number theory
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work on factorization methods ⓘ work on prime numbers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Factor Stencils and the Lehmer Sieve
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Guide to Tables in the Theory of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tables of the Lucasian and Fermatian Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent | Derrick Norman Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Diophantine equations
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Riemann zeta function NERFINISHED ⓘ factorization ⓘ prime numbers ⓘ |
| spouse | Emma Trotskaia Lehmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Berkeley, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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