Daniel J. Kleitman

American applied mathematician
Person Human Q782922

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
October 4, 1934
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Field of work
combinatorics[6]
Doctoral student
Stephen Altschul, Douglas West, Dimitris Bertsimas, Jerrold R. Griggs, Michael Saks, Lenore J Cowen, Arnold Irvin Barnett, James Bergheim Shearer, Deborah S. Franzblau, Wayne Dean Goddard, Erlan E. Wheeler, II, Seth David Chaiken, Kenneth James Winston, David E. Scheim, David Joseph Kwiatkowski, Joseph C. Cheng, Fernando Rene Lasaga, Lizhao Zhang, Dan Port, Kenneth Wolf Lebensold, Da-Lun Wang, Wen-Ning Hsieh, Philip J. Hahnfeldt, Aditya Shastri, Forrest Christopher Quinn, Dean Grant Sturtevant, Harvey Robert Diamond, Jeanne Keiko Tamaki, Edwin Kevin Hoff, Susan Fera Assmann[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Academic thesis
Static Properties of Heavy Fermi-Particles; Deuteron-Nucleon Scattering at High Energies[31]
Erdős number
+1[33]
Family name
Kleitman[29]
Given name
Daniel[30]
Has characteristic
Erdős–Bacon number[32]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[34]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
322149296181780670007
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no88001440
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Academic Tree ID
645178
BIBSYS ID
2119230
DBLP author ID
08/5543
FAST ID
1486103
Freebase ID
/m/0ddb9b
MR Author ID
102745
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
12895
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Prabook ID
2528187
ZbMATH author ID
kleitman.daniel-j

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Summary

Daniel J. Kleitman was born on October 4, 1934[1], in New York City[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Why It Matters

Daniel J. Kleitman's notable doctoral advisees include Stephen Altschul[35], a mathematician[36], b. 1957[37], of United States[38]; Dimitris Bertsimas[39], an academic[40], b. 1962[41], of Greece[42], awarded the Erlang Prize[43], specialised in mathematical optimization[44]; Michael Saks[45], a mathematician[46], b. 1956[47], of United States[48], awarded the Gödel Prize[49]; Lenore J Cowen[50], a computer scientist[51], of United States[52], awarded the Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[53]; and Wayne Dean Goddard[54], a mathematician[55].

FAQs

Where was Daniel J. Kleitman born?

Daniel J. Kleitman was born in New York City[2].

What did Daniel J. Kleitman do for work?

Daniel J. Kleitman worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Daniel J. Kleitman go to school?

Daniel J. Kleitman was educated at Morristown High School[9].

What awards did Daniel J. Kleitman receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[12].

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