Herbert Wilf
Herbert Wilf · Science & Medicine
Combinatorics; the WZ method for hypergeometric identities
1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States — 2012, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
United States
Herbert Wilf is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Combinatorics; the WZ method for hypergeometric identities
Wilf was an American mathematician who advanced combinatorics and analysis, co-developing with Doron Zeilberger the WZ method that mechanically proves hypergeometric identities, for which they won the Steele Prize. His book generatingfunctionology is widely used. He was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia.
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Combinatorics; the WZ method for hypergeometric identities
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