# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-grimaldi
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:42:14.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-grimaldi"
name: "Ralph Grimaldi"
slug: "ralph-grimaldi"
description: "Ralph Peter Grimaldi is an American mathematician specializing in discrete mathematics who is a full professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is known for his textbook Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction, first published in 1985 and now in its fifth edition, and his numerous research papers."
tagline: "American mathematician"
gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump