George Logemann

George Wahl Logemann
Born (1938-01-31)January 31, 1938
Milwaukee
Died June 5, 2012(2012-06-05) (aged 74)
Hartford
Residence West Hartford
Nationality US American
Alma mater New York University
Known for DPLL algorithm
Partner(s) Bernice C. Schaefer
Scientific career
Fields Computer science
Thesis Existence and Uniqueness of Rarefaction Waves[1] (1965)
Doctoral advisors Peter David Lax, Robert Davis Richtmyer

George Wahl Logemann (31 January 1938, Milwaukee, – 5 June 2012, Hartford)[2] was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He became well known for the Davis–Putnam–Logemann–Loveland algorithm to solve Boolean satisfiability problems.[3] He also contributed to the field of computer music.[2][4]

References

  1. George Logemann at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. 1 2 Obituary at www.legacy.com
  3. Davis, Martin; Logemann, George; Loveland, Donald (1962). "A Machine Program for Theorem Proving". Communications of the ACM. 5 (7): 394–397. doi:10.1145/368273.368557.
  4. George W. Logemann (Jan 1967). "Techniques for Programmed Electronic Music Synthesis" (PDF). Electronic Music Review (1): 44&mdash, 53.


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