Alan D. Taylor

Alan D. Taylor
Born (1947-10-27) October 27, 1947 (age 77)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDartmouth College
Known forBrams–Taylor procedure
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUnion College
Doctoral advisorJames Earl Baumgartner

Alan Dana Taylor (born October 27, 1947) is an American mathematician who, with Steven Brams, solved the problem of envy-free cake-cutting for an arbitrary number of people with the Brams–Taylor procedure.

Taylor received his Ph.D. in 1975 from Dartmouth College.[2]

He was the Marie Louise Bailey professor of mathematics at Union College, in Schenectady, New York.

He retired from the college in 2022.

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. ^ Alan D. Taylor at the Mathematics Genealogy Project