William Karush

American mathematician (1917-1997)
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Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
March 1, 1917
Date of death
February 22, 1997
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Field of work
mathematics[8]
Citizenship
United States
Doctoral advisor
Magnus Hestenes[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Given name
William[13]
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WikiProject Mathematics
🏷️ Also known as
en William Karush ja ウィリアム・カルーシュ ko 윌리엄 카루시 ru Вильям Каруш ru Каруш, Вильям uk Вільям Каруш zh 卡鲁什 zh 威廉·卡鲁什
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
112541504
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88201923
Atomic Heritage Foundation ID
william-karush
BIBSYS ID
97041077
Freebase ID
/m/03hgv01
J9U entity ID
987007277455505171
MR Author ID
264576
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
6380
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2015857650
NUKAT ID
n97086830
National Virtual Library of India ID
782138
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Prabook ID
1754587
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
karush
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtrMPw8FhMf3rMJMtRVG3
ZbMATH author ID
karush.william

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Summary

Born in Chicago[1], he… he was born on March 1, 1917[2]. He died in Los Angeles[3]. He died on February 22, 1997[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for William Karush include Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions[15], a theorem[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions[15], a theorem[16].

FAQs

Where was William Karush born?

Born in Chicago[1].

Where did William Karush die?

William Karush died in Los Angeles[3].

What did William Karush do for work?

William Karush worked as mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did William Karush go to school?

William Karush was educated at University of Chicago[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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