Noga Alon

Israeli mathematician · Israel · Academics · Born 1956 · age 70

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Noga M. Alon is an Israeli mathematician. He is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and a professor of mathematics at Princeton University noted for his contributions to combinatorics and theoretical computer science, having authored hundreds of papers.

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2024Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward2022Shaw PrizeAward2021Steele Prize for Mathematical ExpositionAward2019Paris Kanellakis AwardAward2016ACM FellowAwardDijkstra PrizeAwardFellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2011The EMET Prize for Art, Science and CultureAward2008Israel PrizeAward2005Gödel PrizeAwardMichael Landau PrizeAward2001Michael Bruno Memorial AwardAward1989Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in MathematicsAward1984Israel Defense PrizeAward1956Born17 February 1956

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Combinatorics is primarily the mathematics of finite objects, investigating the properties of combinatorial structures.
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The relations between combinatorics and other mathematical and scientific areas have been crucial in the development of the modern theory.
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The core of most of the fundamental questions in theoretical computer science is combinatorial, as the notion of computation is based on manipulations with finite structures.
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