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Technology & Engineering

Leon Henkin

Who

Leon Henkin · Technology & Engineering

What

Computer & information scientist

When

1921, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2006, Oakland, California, USA

Where

United States · University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Leon Henkin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Computer & information scientist

How & why

Leon Henkin was an American logician best known for the 'Henkin proof' of the completeness theorem for first-order logic, a technique now standard in mathematical logic, and for the Henkin construction and work on type theory. He taught at UC Berkeley and championed mathematics education and access. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS

Contributions & Sources

Computer & information scientist

Source: Jinfo.org — JEWISH COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENTISTS