Alan J. Hoffman
American mathematician (1924-2021)
Alan Jerome Hoffman (May 30, 1924 – January 18, 2021) was an American mathematician. He was the founding editor of the journal Linear Algebra and its Applications. He helped create the Hoffman–Singleton graph.[2]
Alan Hoffman | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 30, 1924[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2021 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (1992) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Thomas J. Watson Research Center City University of New York |
| Thesis | On the Foundations of Inversion Geometry (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edgar Lorch |
References
change- ↑ Personal Page, IBM. "Alan Hoffman". IBM Research. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- ↑ A.E. Brouwer & J.H. van Lint, Strongly regular graphs and partial geometries, in: Enumeration and Design - Proc. Silver Jubilee Conf. on Combinatorics, Waterloo, 1982, D.M. Jackson & S.A. Vanstone (eds.) Academic Press, Toronto (1984) 108.
- ↑ Biography of Alan J. Hoffman
- ↑ Cameron Counts: Alan Hoffman
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