Richard E. Bellman

Richard Ernest Bellman
Richard Ernest Bellman
Born	Richard Ernest Bellman; August 26, 1920; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 19, 1984 (aged 63); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Brooklyn College (BS); University of Wisconsin (MA); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Dynamic programming; Stochastic dynamic programming; Curse of dimensionality; Linear search problem; Bellman equation; Bellman–Ford algorithm; Bellman's lost in a forest problem; Bellman–Held–Karp algorithm; Grönwall–Bellman inequality; Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation
Awards	John von Neumann Theory Prize (1976); IEEE Medal of Honor (1979); Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (1984)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics and Control theory
Institutions	University of Southern California; Rand Corporation; Stanford University
Thesis	On the Boundedness of Solutions of Non-Linear Differential and Difference Equations
Doctoral advisor	Solomon Lefschetz
Doctoral students	Christine Shoemaker

Richard Ernest Bellman (August 26, 1920 – March 19, 1984) was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He founded the leading biomathematical journal Mathematical Biosciences.

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