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| Born | December 8, 1919 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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| Died | July 30, 1985 Oakland, California, United States |
| Citizenship | American |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Tarski |
| Known for | Diophantine equations Decidability |
| Influenced | Yuri Matiyasevich |
| Notable awards | Noether Lecturer MacArthur Fellow |
Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician, born in St. Louis, Missouri. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Alfred Tarski ( January 14, 1901, Warsaw, Russian ruled Poland – October 26, 1983, Berkeley California In Mathematics, a Diophantine equation is an indeterminate Polynomial Equation that allows the variables to be Integers only Yuri Vladimirovich Matiyasevich, (Юрий Владимирович Матиясевич born March 2, 1947 in Leningrad) is a Russian Mathematician The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM annually presents the Noether Lectures to honor women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of Mathematics. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at University of California, Berkeley, receiving the doctorate in 1948. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley In 1976, Robinson was elected as the first female member of the mathematical division of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science In 1982 she was selected to be a Noether Lecturer. The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM annually presents the Noether Lectures to honor women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical In 1983 she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D In addition, she was the first woman president of the American Mathematical Society. The American Mathematical Society (AMS is an association of professional Mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship which She died in Oakland, California of leukemia at the age of 65. Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood
She is best known for her work on Diophantine equations and decidability which provided much of the ground work for the negative solution of Hilbert's tenth problem by Yuri Matiyasevich. In Mathematics, a Diophantine equation is an indeterminate Polynomial Equation that allows the variables to be Integers only In Mathematics, a Diophantine set of j - Tuples of Integers is a set S for which there is some Polynomial with integer Yuri Vladimirovich Matiyasevich, (Юрий Владимирович Матиясевич born March 2, 1947 in Leningrad) is a Russian Mathematician In fact Robinson only strayed from this topic twice. The first was her thesis on effective solvability and unsolvability of mathematical problems. In Mathematics, solvable usually refers to one of a Solvable group a Solvable Lie algebra an Exactly solvable The second was in game theory where she proved that the fictitious play dynamics converges to the mixed strategy Nash equilibrium in two-player zero-sum games. Game theory is a branch of Applied mathematics that is used in the Social sciences (most notably Economics) Biology, Engineering, In Game theory, fictitious play is a learning rule first introduced by G In Game theory, a player's strategy in a game is a complete plan of action for whatever situation might arise this fully determines the player's behaviour In Game theory, the Nash equilibrium (named after John Forbes Nash, who proposed it is a Solution concept of a game involving two or more players in which In Game theory and Economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other
She married the mathematician Raphael Robinson in 1941. Raphael Mitchel Robinson ( November 2 1911, National City California - January 27 1995. Her older sister, Constance Reid, is a well-known mathematical biographer. Constance Bowman Reid (born January 3, 1918 in St Louis Missouri)is the author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics
George Csicsery produced and directed a one-hour documentary about Robinson titled Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem, that premiered at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Diego on January 7, 2008. The Joint Mathematics Meeting ( JMM) is a Mathematics Conference hosted annually in early January by the American Mathematical Society (AMS and Notices of the American Mathematical Society printed a film review [1] and an interview with the director. Notices of the American Mathematical Society is a membership journal of the American Mathematical Society. [2]
Notes
- ^ Wood, Carol (May 2008). "Film Review: Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society 55 (5): 573-575. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISSN 00029920. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication.
- ^ Casselman, Bill (May 2008). "Interview with George Csicsery" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society 55 (5): 576-578. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISSN 00029920. An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication.
Further reading
- Reid, Constance (1997). Julia: A Life in Mathematics. Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-520-8.
External links
- National Academy of Science Biographical Memoir written by Solomon Feferman
- O'Connor, John J. Solomon Feferman (b December 13, 1928) is an American Philosopher and Mathematician with major works in Mathematical logic & Robertson, Edmund F. , “Julia Robinson”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Julia Robinson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- GameTheory.net blurb on Robinson
- Julia Bowman Robinson on the Internet (mirror)
- website for Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem by George Paul 'Duke' Csicsery
- Noether Booklet
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Robinson, Julia |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1985 |
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