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 ...

, Germany, he left for the

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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.

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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

Selected publications

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