Theodore Motzkin

Theodore Motzkin
Born(1908-03-26)March 26, 1908
DiedOctober 15, 1970(1970-10-15) (aged 62)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Basel
Known forMotzkin transposition theorem
Motzkin number
PIDs that are not EDs
Linear programming
Fourier–Motzkin elimination
Scientific career
InstitutionsUCLA
Doctoral advisorAlexander Ostrowski
Doctoral studentsJohn Selfridge
Rafael Artzy

Theodore Samuel Motzkin (26 March 1908 – 15 December 1970) was an Israeli-American mathematician.[1]

  1. ^ Motzkin, Theodore S. (1983). David Cantor; Basil Gordon; Bruce Rothschild (eds.). Theodore S. Motzkin: Selected papers. Contemporary Mathematicians. Boston, Mass.: Birkhäuser. pp. xxvi+530. ISBN 3-7643-3087-2. MR 0693096.