Richard Duffin | |
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| Born | 1909 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 29, 1996 (aged 87) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | Work on electrical network theory DKP algebra Duffin–Schaeffer conjecture Bott–Duffin synthesis |
| Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University Purdue University |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Mott-Smith David Bourgin |
| Doctoral students | Raoul Bott Hans Weinberger |
Richard James Duffin (1909 – October 29, 1996) was an American physicist, known for his contributions to electrical transmission theory and to the development of geometric programming and other areas within operations research.