David P. Robbins
David Peter Robbins (12 August 1942 in
cyclic pentagons with integer side lengths and areas) were named after him.[3]
Robbins grew up in
Hamilton College and Washington and Lee University.[2] In 1980 he moved to Princeton, New Jersey and worked at the Institute for Defense Analyses Center for Communications Research there until his death from pancreatic cancer.[2]
A symposium was held in Robbins' honor in June 2003, the papers from which were published as a special issue of the journal Advances in Applied Mathematics.[2] The Mathematical Association of America established a prize named in his honor in 2005, given every three years to one or more researchers in algebra, combinatorics, or discrete mathematics. The first winner of the prize, in 2008, was Neil Sloane for the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.[5]
The
Thomas C. Hales for their work on the Kepler conjecture.[6]
See also
- Robbins constant, the average distance between two random points in a unit cube
References
- ^ O'Connor, Anahad (18 September 2003). "David Robbins, 61, Unraveler Of Complex Math Equations". NY Times.
- ^ .
- MR 2382768.
- ^ David Peter Robbins at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ The Mathematical Association of America's David P. Robbins Prize in Algebra, Combinatorics, and Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2013-01-08.
- ^ "Browse Prizes and Awards".
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