Ronald Graham

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ronald_Graham
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Mathematician
gptkbp:academic_advisor gptkb:Harold_E._Stone
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkbp:author gptkb:Oren_Patashnik
gptkb:Donald_Knuth
gptkbp:award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birth_date 1935-01-31
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Tucson,_Arizona
gptkbp:contribution Computer science
Number theory
Graph theory
Combinatorial mathematics
Discrete mathematics
gptkbp:death_date 2020-07-06
gptkbp:famous_quote " A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
" Mathematics is the music of reason."
" The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers."
" Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding."
" The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics."
gptkbp:field gptkb:Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ronald Graham
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Paul_Erdős
gptkbp:known_for Graham's number
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Michael_L._Fredman
gptkb:Noga_Alon
gptkb:Robert_Tarjan
gptkb:Andrew_Yao
gptkb:Richard_Karp
gptkbp:research_interest Mathematical logic
Theoretical computer science
Computational geometry
Algorithm analysis
Randomized algorithms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leonardo_Fibonacci
gptkb:Paul_Erdős
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4