Herbert Wilf(1931–2012)
Herbert Saul Wilf was an American mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. He was the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics in Combinatorial Analysis and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania.
United States
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Major Awards
278
Publications
8,187
Citations
42
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Most Cited Works
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The Distribution of Run Lengths in Integer Compositions
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics(2011)
20
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#10
There’s plenty of time for evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2010)
24
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Recent Publications
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The Distribution of Run Lengths in Integer Compositions
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics2011
20citations
Open AccessHow to lose as little as possible
Ars Math. Contemp.2010
7citations
Open AccessOn the Growth of Restricted Integer Partition Functions
arXiv: Combinatorics2010
11citations
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14citations
There’s plenty of time for evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010
24citations
Open AccessEducation
Central High School
Columbia University(Doctor of Philosophy)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Bachelor of Science)
Doctoral Advisors
Fan ChungRichard GarfieldRodica SimionE. Roy WeintraubAnthony MikovskyEbadollah S. MahmoodianJoan HutchinsonMichael WertheimerAlkes PriceFelix G. LazebnikEric J. SchmutzPeter Hoadley SellersRoy Bruce LevowEli M. MandelbaumWilliam Wright KuhnAlexander John Lyczak, Jr.Michael Owen AlbertsonJoseph John BolmarcichPaul Ralph KlingsbergJudith Elaine DayhoffJanet Simpson BeissingerAlexander BursteinJennifer S. ZitoLily YenYuan-Sheng ZhangAaron Dwight JaggardIrina GheorghiciucHerbert Robbins
Career Timeline
University of Illinois system1959–1961
University of Pennsylvania1961–2008
Positions & Roles
Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
PS
Peter Sarnak
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2024)
PS
Peter Scholze
Fields Medal (2018)
AV
Akshay Venkatesh
Fields Medal (2018)
JB
Jean Bourgain
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2017)
TT
Terence Tao
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2014)
YZ
Yitang Zhang
Schock Prize in Mathematics (2014)
MG
Mikhail Gromov
Abel Prize (2009)
SP
Sorin Popa
Ostrowski Prize (2009)
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