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George David Birkhoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Birkhoff (1884-1944) ... George Birkhoff was an American mathematician who was educated at Chicago and Harvard. He became a Professor at Harvard. His most important work was the Ergodic Theorem he discovered in 1931. He spoke at the EMS Colloquium in St Andrews in 1926 and was elected an honorary member of the society.
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Biography of George Birkhoff (BB^Y-1944) ... George Birkhoff's parents were David Birkhoff, who was a medical doctor, and Jane Gertrude Droppers. George was educated in Chicago where he was a student at the Lewis Institute from 1896 to 1902. In 1901 he began a correspondence with Harry Vandiver on a problem in number theory.
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The greatest American mathematician of the early 20th century. ... Birkhoff conducted research mainly in mathematical analysis and analysis applied to dynamics. He formulated the ergodic theorem, which transformed the Maxwell-Boltzmann ergodic hypothesis of the kinetic theory of gases into a rigorous principle.
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This prize was established in 1967 in honor of Professor George David Birkhoff. The initial endowment was contributed by the Birkhoff family and there have been subsequent additions by others. It is awarded for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense".
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The first dynamicist in the New World, Birkhoff picked up where Poincare left off. Although a geometer at heart, he discovered new symbolic methods. He saw beyond the theory of oscillations, created a rigorous theory of ergodic behavior, and foresaw dynamical models for chaos. ... George David Birkhoff, 1884-1944...
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GEORGE DAVID BIRKHOFF 11 Birkhoff unhesitatingly accepted the public responsibilities that came his way. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard from 1937 to 1939. He carried his share of military research work during both World Wars.
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MARTIN GLOVER LARRABEE by David R. Burt Volume 87 © 2005 PDF ... Earl Philip Benditt April 15, 1916–May 27, 1996 by David Lagunoff and George M. Martin Volume 81 © 2001 HTML PDF ... George David Birkhoff March 21, 1884 — November 12, 1944 by Oswald Veblen Volume 80 © 2001 HTML PDF...
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Birkhoff was born at Overisel, Michigan, and studied at the University of Chicago and at Harvard. From 1912 he taught at Harvard, and was made professor 1919. Birkhoff developed a system of differential equations which is still inspiring research. ... Birkhoff, George David (1884-1944)
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