Robert Solovay
Robert Solovay · Science & Medicine
Set theory; the Solovay model and primality testing
1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA
United States
Robert Solovay is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Set theory; the Solovay model and primality testing
Solovay is an American mathematician who made landmark contributions to set theory, including the Solovay model (in which every set of reals is Lebesgue measurable, assuming an inaccessible cardinal), and, outside logic, co-created the Solovay-Strassen primality test used in cryptography. His work bridges logic, computation and number theory. He is listed among Jewish mathematicians; accessible biographical sources give little detail on his background.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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Set theory; the Solovay model and primality testing
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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