Robert Dilworth

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Robert Palmer Dilworth (born December 2, 1914 in Hemet , California , † October 29, 1993 in California) was an American mathematician who dealt with the theory of associations and combinatorics.

Dilworth studied at Caltech (Bachelor 1936), where he received his doctorate in 1939 with Morgan Ward . He then was an instructor at Yale University as a Sterling Fellow. From 1943 he was back at Caltech as an assistant professor. During the Second World War he was an analyst with the US Air Force in England. In 1945 he became an associate professor and in 1950 a professor at Caltech. In 1982 he retired there. In addition to his university work, he was also active in school education for mathematics, u. a. in a state committee for college education and a project to promote the training of mathematics teachers in Africa.

Dilworth worked in the theory of associations (where he made significant contributions) and in combinatorics. According to him, which is set of Dilworth named, from the u. a. the marriage rate follows.

Jack E. McLaughlin is one of his PhD students .

Fonts

  • Ken Bogart, Joseph P. Kung, Ralph Freese (Eds.): The Dilworth theorems. Selected Papers of Robert P. Dilworth. Birkhäuser, Boston et al. 1990, ISBN 0-8176-3434-7 .
  • with Peter Crawley: Algebraic theory of lattices. Prentice Hall, Prentice Hall NJ 1973, ISBN 0-13-022269-0 .

References

  1. ↑ A decomposition theorem for partially ordered sets. In: Annals of Mathematics. Vol. 51, 1950, ISSN  0003-486X , pp. 161-166.

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personal data
SURNAME Dilworth, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dilworth, Robert Palmer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Hemet , California
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1993
Place of death California