Rohit Jivanlal Parikh

Rohit Jivanlal Parikh
Born (1936-11-20) November 20, 1936 (age 87)
NationalityIndia, United States
Alma materHarvard University, PhD Mathematics, 1962; Harvard College, AB with highest honors in Physics, 1957
Known forWork on recursion theory, proof theory, non-standard analysis, ultrafinitism, dynamic logic, logic of knowledge, philosophical logic, social software, Parikh's theorem
AwardsWilliam Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition Prize Winner, 1955[citation needed], 1956[citation needed], 1957;[1] William Lowell Putnam Fellow 1957;[2] Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard 1957[citation needed]. Gibbs Prize, Bombay University, 1954[citation needed]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, logic, philosophy, computer sciences, economics
InstitutionsBrooklyn College
CUNY Graduate Center
Doctoral advisorHartley Rogers, Jr
Burton Dreben

Rohit Jivanlal Parikh (born November 20, 1936) is an Indian-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher who has worked in many areas in traditional logic, including recursion theory and proof theory. He is a Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York (CUNY).

  1. ^ L. E. Bush (August–September 1957). "The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition". The American Mathematical Monthly. Vol. 64, no. 7. Taylor & Francis. p. 486. JSTOR 2308455. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Putnam Competition Individual and Team Winners". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved December 9, 2021.