Victor Klee
Victor Klee | |
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San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| Died | August 17, 2007 (aged 81) Lakewood, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Pomona College University of Virginia (Ph.D.) |
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| Fields | Edward James McShane |
| Doctoral students | Bernd Sturmfels Robert Phelps |
Victor LaRue Klee, Jr. (September 18, 1925 – August 17, 2007) was a
optimization, and combinatorics. He spent almost his entire career at the University of Washington in Seattle
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Life
Born in
Seattle, Washington, where he was a faculty member for 54 years.[1]
He died in Lakewood, Ohio.
Research
Klee wrote more than 240 research papers. He proposed
polynomial time
in the worst–case scenario.
Service and recognition
Klee served as president of the
Lester R. Ford Award.[3] In 1977 the MAA recognized Klee by presenting him with their Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics.[4]
Notes
Further reading
- ISSN 0731-2040. Retrieved 2009-05-22. Short biography, and reminiscences of colleagues.
External links
- Applied Geometry and Discrete Mathematics a volume dedicated to Klee on his 65th birthday.
- Brief obituary at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- AMS column: People Making a Difference
- Victor Klee at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- MAA presidents: Victor LaRue Klee
- Shapes of the Future: Some unsolved problems in geometry. Two dimensions, Three dimensions
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