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Richard E. Bellman
Richard Ernest Bellman was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He founded the leading biomathematical journal Mathematical Biosciences, as well as the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
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science · American mathematician (1920–1984) · mathematician · university teacher · computer scientist · also Richard E. Bellman, Richard Bellman, Bellman
Born 26 August 1920 · Died 19 March 1984 · Q441199
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2026· 4 entries
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1985· 1 entry
The Bellman Prize in Mathematical Biosciences was created in his honor, being awarded biannually to the journal's best research paper
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1984).
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Died 1984-03-19.
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1979· 2 entries
Won IEEE Medal of Honor (1979).
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"for contributions to decision processes and control system theory, particularly the creation and application of dynamic programming"
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded John von Neumann Theory Prize (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Which was removed but resulted in complications that left him severely disabled
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1970· 2 entries
Awarded Dickson Prize in Science (1970).
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Awarded Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics (1970).
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1967· 1 entry
Became founding editor of the journal Mathematical Biosciences, which rapidly became (and remains) one of the most important journals in the field of Mathematical Biology
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1953· 1 entry
And made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics
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1949· 1 entry
Bellman worked for many years at RAND corporation, and it was during this time that he developed dynamic programming
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1946· 1 entry
Studied at Princeton University (1943–1946).
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1943· 1 entry
Studied at University of Wisconsin–Madison (1942–1943).
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1942· 1 entry
Studied at Johns Hopkins University (1941–1942).
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1941· 1 entry
Studied at Brooklyn College (1938–1941).
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1938· 1 entry
Studied at City College of New York (1937–1938).
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1937· 2 entries
And studied mathematics at Brooklyn College where he earned a BA in 1941
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Studied at Abraham Lincoln High School (1937).
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1920· 2 entries
Born 1920-08-26.
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In New York City to non-practising Jewish parents of Polish and Russian descent, Pearl (née Saffian) and John James Bellman, who ran a small grocery store on Bergen Street near Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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