John von Neumann (/vɒn ˈnɔɪmən/ von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian...
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operator. It is a special type of C*-algebra. Von Neumann algebras were originally introduced by John von Neumann, motivated by his study of single operators...
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Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, written by John von Neumann in 1945, describing designs discussed with John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University...
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Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (redirect from Von Neumann chain)
Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik) is a quantum mechanics book written by John von Neumann in 1932. It is an important early work in the development of the mathematical...
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In physics, the von Neumann entropy, named after John von Neumann, is a measure of the statistical uncertainty within a description of a quantum system...
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Self-replicating spacecraft (redirect from Von Neumann Probe)
concept of self-replicating spacecraft, as envisioned by mathematician John von Neumann, has been described by futurists and has been discussed across a wide...
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In set theory and related branches of mathematics, the von Neumann universe, or von Neumann hierarchy of sets, denoted by V, is the class of hereditary...
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Von Neumann may refer to: Klára Dán von Neumann (1911–1963), a Hungarian American mathematician John von Neumann (1903–1957), a Hungarian American mathematician...
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position and momentum operators. It is named after Marshall Stone and John von Neumann. In quantum mechanics, physical observables are represented mathematically...
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fixed parameters. It originated from a discussion between physicists John von Neumann and Enrico Fermi and the expression is used in physics to characterize...
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theorem forms the foundation of expected utility theory. In 1947, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern proved that any individual whose preferences...
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John von Neumann's universal constructor is a self-replicating machine in a cellular automaton (CA) environment. It was designed in the 1940s, without...
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The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is awarded annually to an individual (or...
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Klára Dán von Neumann (née Dán; 18 August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist...
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The John von Neumann Prize (until 2019 named John von Neumann Lecture Prize) was funded in 1959 with support from IBM and other industry corporations...
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In the foundations of mathematics, von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory (NBG) is an axiomatic set theory that is a conservative extension of Zermelo–Fraenkel–choice...
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In mathematics, a von Neumann regular ring is a ring R (associative, with 1, not necessarily commutative) such that for every element a in R there exists...
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John von Neumann. John von Neumann (1903–1957), a mathematician, is the eponym of all of the things (and topics) listed below. Birkhoff–von Neumann algorithm...
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The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related...
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neighborhood is named after John von Neumann, who used it to define the von Neumann cellular automaton and the von Neumann universal constructor within...
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Von Neumann is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, in the northern hemisphere, named after polymath John von Neumann. It is nearly...
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Self-replicating machine (redirect from Von Neumanns)
advanced and examined by Homer Jacobson, Edward F. Moore, Freeman Dyson, John von Neumann, Konrad Zuse and in more recent times by K. Eric Drexler in his book...
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described John von Neumann's view of the fundamental importance of Turing's 1936 paper, in a letter: I know that in or about 1943 or ‘44 von Neumann was well...
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The John von Neumann Award (Hungarian: Neumann János-díj), named after John von Neumann, is given annually by the Rajk László College for Advanced Studies...
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Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, 1935) is an American economist, writer and former automobile executive. She is a professor of business administration...
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Jersey. It is sometimes called the von Neumann machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann, a mathematics professor at both...
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In numerical analysis, von Neumann stability analysis (also known as Fourier stability analysis) is a procedure used to check the stability of finite...
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A von Neumann language in computing is a programming language that is a high-level abstract isomorphic copy of a von Neumann architecture. As of 2009[update]...
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The Computer and the Brain (category John von Neumann)
unfinished book by mathematician John von Neumann, begun shortly before his death and first published in 1958. Von Neumann was an important figure in computer...
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Density matrix (redirect from Von Neumann equation)
introduced in 1927 by John von Neumann and independently, but less systematically, by Lev Landau and later in 1946 by Felix Bloch. Von Neumann introduced the...
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