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William Kahan

Also Known As William Morton Kahan
Theory of Computation

William Velvel Morton Kahan is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, who is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He received the Turing Award in 1989 for his fundamental contributions to numerical analysis. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1933 1
Birth Date
1933-06-05 1
Award
Turing Award 2
Award
ACM Fellow 2
Award
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award 2
Award
honorary doctorate from the University of Waterloo 2
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, nationality there.
  • Also in Science Atlas: Turing Award, discussed there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: William Kahan
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  • Lead section
    William ‘Velvel’ Morton Kahan (born June 5, 1933) is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, who is a professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley. He received the Turing Award in 1989 for 'his fundamental contributions to numerical analysis.'
  • Infobox, Born
    June 5, 1933
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2. Wikidata: William Kahan
Wikidata Q92782, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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