H. G. Landau
Born
Hyman Garshin Landau

(1909-12-18)December 18, 1909
DiedDecember 2, 1966(1966-12-02) (aged 56)
Alma materCarnegie Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsBallistic Research Laboratory
University of Chicago
Columbia University

Hyman Garshin Landau (December 18, 1909 – December 2, 1966), more often known as H. G. Landau, was an American mathematical biologist, statistician and sociologist who is known for using mathematical methods such as graph theory to understand animal behavior and social dynamics. After receiving his doctorate in statistics from the University of Pittsburgh, he worked at the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, while teaching part-time at the University of Delaware. He carried out his seminal work at the University of Chicago on graph tournaments.[1] Later, he moved to Columbia University after being forced to leave Chicago by the House Un-American Activities Committee. [2]

References

  1. Landau, H. G. (1953). "On dominance relations and the structure of animal societies: III The condition for a score structure". The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics. 15 (2): 143–148. doi:10.1007/BF02476378. ISSN 0007-4985.
  2. Rashevsky, N. (1967). "Hyman Garshin Landau: December 18, 1909–December 2, 1966". The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics. 29 (1): 189–190. doi:10.1007/BF02476972. ISSN 0007-4985.
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