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Robert Tarjan

(1948) Mathematician United States

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Robert Tarjan is a mathematician from the United States, best known for A magyar néptáplálkozás.

Quick Facts About Robert Tarjan

Born
April 30, 1948
Nationality
United States
Profession
Mathematician
Notable works
A magyar néptáplálkozás

About Robert Tarjan

Robert Endre Tarjan is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is the discoverer of several graph theory algorithms, including his strongly connected components algorithm, and co-inventor of both splay trees and Fibonacci heaps. Tarjan joined Princeton University as the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science in 1985. He and John Hopcroft won the 1986 ACM Turing Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Turing Award IMU Abacus Medal Paris Kanellakis Award Guggenheim Fellowship Frederick W. Lanchester Prize O'Reilly Open Source Award William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research ACM Fellow
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Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

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