Donald J. Newman

Donald J. Newman
Born(1930-07-27)July 27, 1930
DiedMarch 28, 2007(2007-03-28) (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
SpouseHerta Newman
ChildrenDavid Newman and Danny Newman
AwardsIndividual Putnam fellow - 1948
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsYeshiva University
Temple University
New York University
Doctoral advisorDavid 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]

  1. ^ Xu, Yuan (September 2008). "Donald J. Newman (1930–2007)" (PDF). Journal of Approximation Theory. 154 (1): 37–58. doi:10.1016/j.jat.2007.08.004.
  2. ^ Though The Math Genealogy Project lists it as 1958.