Birkhoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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George David Birkhoff (1884–1944), American mathematician
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Garrett Birkhoff
Garrett Birkhoff (January 19, 1911 – November 22, 1996) was an American mathematician. He is best known for his work in lattice theory.
The mathematician George Birkhoff (1884–1944) was his father.
Life
The son of the mathematician G ...
(1911–1996), American mathematician, son of George D.
See also
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Birkhoff (crater)
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Birkhoff interpolation
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Birkhoff's axioms
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Birkhoff's theorem (disambiguation), multiple theorems
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Birkhoff decomposition, two different decompositions
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Birkhoff algorithm
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Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem
In mathematics, more specifically in the theory of Lie algebras, the Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem (or PBW theorem) is a result giving an explicit description of the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra. It is named after Henri Po ...
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