Dov Tamari (29 April 1911 – 11 August 2006), born Bernhard Teitler, was a
mathematician. Born in
Fulda
Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival.
History ...
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Germany, he left for the
British Mandate for Palestine
The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918. The manda ...
in 1933. He was known for his work in
logic and
combinatorics
Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many appl ...
, and the
Tamari lattice is named after him.
Tamari earned a doctorate of science from the
University of Paris in 1951, under the direction of
Paul Dubreil.
His students include Carlton Maxson and Kevin Osondu. Tamari was living in
New York City in 1990 and died in
Jerusalem in 2006.
Selected publications
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References
Program for the Jubilee Year 2007 of the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen (PDF, in German) p. 133
In Memoriam Focus, October 2007
See also
Associahedra, Tamari Lattices and Related Structures: Tamari Memorial Festschrift
1911 births
2006 deaths
German emigrants to the United States
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
University of Paris alumni
20th-century Israeli mathematicians
21st-century Israeli mathematicians
People from Fulda
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