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![]() Edmonds with his NP rock outside his home in Ontario, Canada | |
Born | John Robert Edmonds April 5, 1934 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (1985) |
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Fields | Computer Science, Mathematics |
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Jack R. Edmonds (born April 5, 1934) is an American-born and educated computer scientist and mathematician who lived and worked in Canada for much of his life. He has made fundamental contributions to the fields of combinatorial optimization, polyhedral combinatorics, discrete mathematics and the theory of computing. He was the recipient of the 1985 John von Neumann Theory Prize.