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    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, J. Presper Eckert at University of...
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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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  • In physics, the von Neumann entropy, named after John von Neumann, is an extension of the concept of Gibbs entropy from classical statistical mechanics...
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    known as the von Neumann–Morgenstern utility function. The theorem forms the foundation of expected utility theory. In 1947, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern...
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  • fixed parameters. It originated from a discussion between physicists John von Neumann and Enrico Fermi. In a 2004 article in the journal Nature, Freeman...
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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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  • Klára Dán von Neumann (born Klára Dán; 18 August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • disproved in 1980. In 1929, during his work on the Banach–Tarski paradox, John von Neumann defined the concept of amenable groups and showed that no amenable...
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  • crater John von Neumann, notable Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist. Von Neumann algebra Von Neumann architecture Von Neumann...
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  • 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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • The von Neumann–Wigner interpretation, also described as "consciousness causes collapse", is an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which consciousness...
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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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    Goldstine had a chance encounter with the prominent mathematician John von Neumann on a railway platform in Aberdeen, Maryland, and Goldstine described...
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    Von Neumann cellular automata are the original expression of cellular automata, the development of which was prompted by suggestions made to John von...
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