# Alan Hoffman

> Alan Jerome Hoffman was an American mathematician and IBM Fellow emeritus, T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, in Yorktown Heights, New York. He was the founding editor of the journal Linear Algebra and its Applications, and held several patents. He contributed to combinatorial optimization and the eigenvalue theory of graphs. Hoffman and Robert Singleton constructed the Hoffman–Singleton graph, which is the unique Moore graph of degree 7 and diameter 2.

*American mathematician (1924-2021)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1924-05-30
- **Died:** 2021-01-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
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- [Alan J. Hoffman](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_J._Hoffman)
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- [Alan Jerome Hoffman](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jerome_Hoffman)
- [Хоффман, Алан](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679783)

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