Gian-Carlo Rota

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human mathematician philosopher university professor

Gian-Carlo Rota was an influential Italian-American mathematician and philosopher best known for his foundational work in combinatorics and probability, as well as his impactful essays on the philosophy of mathematics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → mathematician → philosopher → university professor →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardReceived	Leroy P. Steele Prize → National Medal of Science →
countryOfBirth	Italy →
countryOfCitizenship	Italy → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1932-04-27 →
dateOfDeath	1999-04-18 →
doctoralAdvisor	Jacob T. Schwartz →
educatedAt	Princeton University → Yale University →
employer	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Rockefeller University →
familyName	Rota →
fieldOfWork	combinatorics → functional analysis → phenomenology → philosophy of mathematics → probability theory →
givenName	Gian-Carlo →
hasOccupation	university teacher →
influenced	modern combinatorics → the philosophy of mathematics community →
influencedBy	Edmund Husserl → Martin Heidegger →
knownFor	Rota–Baxter algebra → foundational work in modern combinatorics → philosophical essays on mathematics → theory of Möbius inversion in combinatorics → umbral calculus →
languageSpoken	English → Italian → Spanish →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
notableWork	Finite Operator Calculus → Foundations of Combinatorial Theory → Indiscrete Thoughts → Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught →
placeOfBirth	Vigevano →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Professor of Applied Mathematics at MIT → Professor of Philosophy at MIT →
sexOrGender	male →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mark Kac →	notableStudent