Peter Winkler

Peter Winkler
Born
Peter Mann Winkler

1946 (age 79–80)
Alma mater
  • Harvard University (BA)
  • Yale University (PhD)
Awards
  • David P. Robbins Prize (2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford
Emory University
Bell Labs
Dartmouth College
Thesis Assignment of Skolem Functions for Model-Complete Theories  (1975)
Doctoral advisor
Abraham Robinson
Angus Macintyre

Peter Mann Winkler is a research mathematician, author of books on mathematical puzzles and of more than 130 research papers in mathematics and patent holder in a broad range of applications, ranging from cryptography to marine navigation. His research areas include discrete mathematics, theory of computation and probability theory. He is currently the William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College.

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