George Dantzig
George Dantzig · Technology & Engineering
Developed the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
1914, Portland, Oregon, United States — 2005, Stanford, California, United States
United States
George Dantzig is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Developed the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist known as the father of linear programming for inventing the simplex algorithm (1947), a method that transformed operations research, economics and industrial optimization. He received the US National Medal of Science in 1975. Born in Portland to Jewish parents—his father was the mathematician Tobias Dantzig, from the Russian Empire's Jewish community—his Jewish background is documented.
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Developed the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
