In the history of mathematics, R. Tyrrell Rockafellar is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists R. Tyrrell Rockafellar as American mathematician.
R. Tyrrell Rockafellar was born at Milwaukee in 1935. His recorded nationality is United States. He studied at Harvard University.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: John von Neumann Theory Prize (1999), The George B. Dantzig Prize (1982), Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1997) and Harold Larnder Prize (2019).
That the work was done from United States matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- John von Neumann Theory Prize — 1999
- The George B. Dantzig Prize — 1982
- Frederick W. Lanchester Prize — 1997
- Harold Larnder Prize — 2019
- Fields: mathematical analysis
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