Rohit Jivanlal Parikh
Rohit Jivanlal Parikh | |
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Parikh in 2004 | |
| Born | November 20, 1936 |
| Nationality | India, United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, PhD Mathematics, 1962; Harvard College, AB with highest honors in Physics, 1957 |
| Known for | Work on recursion theory, proof theory, non-standard analysis, ultrafinitism, dynamic logic, logic of knowledge, philosophical logic, social software, Parikh's theorem |
| Awards | William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition Prize Winner, 1955, 1956, 1957; William Lowell Putnam Fellow 1957; Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard 1957. Gibbs Prize, Bombay University, 1954 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, logic, philosophy, computer sciences, economics |
| Institutions | Brooklyn College CUNY Graduate Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Hartley Rogers, Jr Burton Dreben |
| Doctoral students | Amy Greenwald |
Rohit Jivanlal Parikh (born November 20, 1936) is an Indian-American mathematician, logician, and philosopher who has worked in many areas in traditional logic, including recursion theory and proof theory. He is a Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College at the City University of New York (CUNY).