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David Gale
Born
(1921-12-13)December 13, 1921
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
March 7, 2008(2008-03-07) (aged 86)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Princeton University University of Michigan Swarthmore College
Known for
Gale transform linear programming convex analysis Chomp Bridg-It Gale–Shapley algorithm Ramsey problem
Awards
John von Neumann Theory Prize (1980) Golden Goose Award (2013) Pirelli Internetional Award
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics, economics
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley, 1966–2008 Brown University, 1950–65 Rand Corporation, 1957–58 Princeton University 1949–50
Doctoral advisor
Albert W. Tucker
Doctoral students
William A. Brock Hal Varian
David Gale (December 13, 1921 – March 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis.
Gale earned his B.A. from Swarthmore College, obtained an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1947, and earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Princeton University in 1949. He taught at Brown University from 1950 to 1965 and then joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
Gale lived in Berkeley, California, and Paris, France with his partner Sandra Gilbert, feminist literary scholar and poet. He has three daughters and two grandsons.
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series Revenge. He has co-starred in several films, including The Life of DavidGale, The Bourne Identity, and The Bourne Supremacy. Mann also studied acting...
has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of DavidGale (2003), and has directed Sonny (2002). For his contributions to the film...
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nominated X-Men: First Class, Public Enemies, Disturbia, Déjà Vu, The Life of DavidGale, Tin Men and K2. Craven's first film Meatballs opposite Bill Murray was...
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(1999), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Bubble Boy (2001), The Life of DavidGale (2003), Dreamgirls (2006), Pineapple Express (2008), The Hangover (2009)...
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Firth, and Liam Neeson. She also appeared in Alan Parker's The Life of DavidGale (2003) alongside Kate Winslet and Kevin Spacey. In 2004, she reunited...
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with desired properties from their Gale diagrams. The Gale transform and Gale diagram are named after DavidGale, who introduced these methods in a 1956...
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