George David Birkhoff

George David Birkhoff
Born(1884-03-21)March 21, 1884
DiedNovember 12, 1944(1944-11-12) (aged 60)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University (AB, AM)
University of Chicago (PhD)
Known forErgodic theorem
Birkhoff's axioms
AwardsBôcher Memorial Prize (1923)
Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1926)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Yale University
Princeton University
Radcliffe College
Doctoral advisorE. H. Moore
Doctoral studentsClarence Adams
Raymond Brink
Robert D. Carmichael
Bernard Koopman
Rudolph Langer
Charles Morrey
Marston Morse
G. Baley Price
I. M. Sheffer
Marshall H. Stone
Joseph L. Walsh
Hassler Whitney
David Widder
Kenneth Williams
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George David Birkhoff (March 21, 1884 – November 12, 1944) was one of the top American mathematicians of his generation. He made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations, dynamical systems, the four-color problem, the three-body problem, and general relativity. Today, Birkhoff is best remembered for the ergodic theorem.[1] The George D. Birkhoff House, his residence in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

  1. ^ Morse, Marston (1946). "George David Birkhoff and his mathematical work". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 52 (5, Part 1): 357–391. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1946-08553-5. MR 0016341.

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