Levinson

Norman Levinson

Born: 11 Aug 1912 in Boston, Massachesetts, USA
Died: 10 Oct 1975 in Boston, Massachesetts, USA

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Levinson studied under Norbert Wiener and at Cambridge with Hardy. Then he studied at Princeton under von Neumann. He obtained a post at MIT where he remained for the rest of his life.

Levinson worked on non-linear differential equations and on time series. He also wrote on probability, quantum mechanics and number theory. Shortly before his death he wrote a series of important papers on the Riemann Hypothesis.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. A E Robinson, A historical perspective of spectrum estimation, Proc of the IEEE 70 (1982), 885-907. 
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