Siemion Fajtlowicz

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Siemion Fajtlowicz
Nationality Polish
Alma mater Polish Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Houston
Doctoral advisor Edward Marczewski
Doctoral students Ermelinda DeLaViña

Siemion Fajtlowicz is a Polish-American mathematician, formerly a professor at the University of Houston. He is known for creating and developing the conjecture-making computer program Graffiti. [1] [2]

Fajtlowicz received his Ph.D. in 1967 or 1968 from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, [3] under the supervision of Edward Marczewski. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Kolata, Gina (June 18, 1989), "Mathematicians Meet Computerized Ideas", New York Times .
  2. Colton, Simon (January 26, 2001), "Look at that figure", Times Higher Education .
  3. 1 2 "dr Siemion Fajtlowicz". Nauka Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. Siemion Fajtlowicz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.