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Larry Stockmeyer

Also Known As Larry Joseph Stockmeyer · Larry J. Stockmeyer
Theory of Computation

Larry Joseph Stockmeyer (1948 - July 31, 2004) was an American computer scientist and one of the pioneers of computational complexity theory, who also worked in distributed computing. He died of pancreatic cancer.

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Birth Year
1948 1
Death Year
2004 1
Death Date
2004-07-31 1
Nationality
American 2
Award
Dijkstra Prize 1
Award
ACM Fellow 1
Contribution Kind
Theory 2
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Source Larry Stockmeyer, Wikipedia
Source Larry Stockmeyer, Wikipedia

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Source Alternating Turing machine (Wikipedia)
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Source Larry Stockmeyer, WikipediaLead sentence 1
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Larry Joseph Stockmeyer (1948 – 31 July 2004) was an American computer scientist.
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1. Larry Stockmeyer (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Larry Joseph Stockmeyer
    Larry Joseph Stockmeyer
  • Wikidata P166: Dijkstra Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Dijkstra Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata alias: Larry J. Stockmeyer
    Larry J. Stockmeyer
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1948
    1948
  • P570 (date of death): year 2004
    2004
  • P570 (date of death): 2004-07-31
    2004-07-31
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2. Larry Stockmeyer, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    was an American computer scientist.
  • Lead paragraph
    He was one of the pioneers in the field of computational complexity theory, and he also worked in the field of distributed computing.
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Alternating Turing machine (Wikipedia)
Invented By: Alternating Turing machine, Lead, Stockmeyer
Quote, Invented By: Alternating Turing machine, Lead, Stockmeyer
The concept of an ATM was set forth by Chandra and Stockmeyer and independently by Kozen in 1976, with a joint journal publication in 1981.
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