Bryant Tuckerman

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Bryant Tuckerman
Born(1915-11-28)November 28, 1915
DiedMay 19, 2002(2002-05-19) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Antioch College[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsCornell University
Oberlin College

Louis Bryant Tuckerman, III (November 28, 1915 – May 19, 2002) was an American mathematician, born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a member of the team that developed the Data Encryption Standard (DES).[1]

He studied

Tuckerman traverse method for revealing all the faces of a flexagon.[1]

On March 4, 1971, he discovered the 24th

titanic prime
, with a value of

.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituaries: Bryant Tuckerman". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. PMID 16591945
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  3. ^ Caldwell, Chris. "Mersenne Primes: History, Theorems and Lists". Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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