George Birkhoff

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bôcher_Memorial_Prize
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_London_Sylvester_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1884-03-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Overisel_Township,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Garrett_Birkhoff
gptkbp:deathDate 1944-11-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:E._H._Moore
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Donald_Spencer
gptkb:Joseph_L._Walsh
gptkb:Marston_Morse
gptkb:Oswald_Veblen
gptkb:Garrett_Birkhoff
gptkb:Marshall_Stone
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Transactions_of_the_American_Mathematical_Society
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:algebra
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:topology
analysis
dynamical systems
ergodic theory
mathematical physics
partial differential equations
relativity
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:George_David_Birkhoff
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Birkhoff
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gptkb:Marston_Morse
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gptkb:Marshall_Stone
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gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
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gptkb:Birkhoff's_theorem_(relativity)
gptkb:Birkhoff–von_Neumann_theorem
gptkb:Birkhoff_factorization
gptkb:Birkhoff_interpolation
gptkb:Birkhoff_polytope
gptkb:Birkhoff–Kellogg_invariant_direction_theorem
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society
gptkbp:signature George Birkhoff signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Elizabeth_Grafius
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gptkb:Hassler_Whitney
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5