Donald J. Newman | |
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| Born | July 27, 1930 |
| Died | March 28, 2007 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse | Herta Newman |
| Children | David Newman and Danny Newman |
| Awards | Individual Putnam fellow - 1948 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Yeshiva University Temple University New York University |
| Doctoral advisor | David Widder Joseph Leonard Walsh |
Donald Joseph (D. J.) Newman (July 27, 1930 – March 28, 2007) was an American mathematician. He gave simple proofs of the prime number theorem and the Hardy–Ramanujan partition formula. He excelled on multiple occasions at the annual Putnam competition while studying at City College of New York and New York University, and later received his PhD from Harvard University in 1953.[2]