Biography:George Logemann

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Short description: American mathematician
George Wahl Logemann
Born(1938-01-31)January 31, 1938
Milwaukee
DiedJune 5, 2012(2012-06-05) (aged 74)
Hartford
NationalityUnited States of America
Alma materNew York University
Known forDPLL algorithm
Partner(s)Bernice C. Schaefer
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
ThesisExistence and Uniqueness of Rarefaction Waves[1] (1965)
Doctoral advisorsPeter 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]

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