Birkhoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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George David Birkhoff
George David Birkhoff (March21, 1884November12, 1944) was one of the top American mathematicians of his generation. He made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations, dynamical systems, the four-color problem, the three-body ...
(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 Ge ...
(1911–1996), American mathematician, son of George D.
See also
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Birkhoff (crater)
Birkhoff is a giant lunar walled plain that is located on the far side of the Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times E ...
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Birkhoff interpolation
In mathematics, Birkhoff interpolation is an extension of polynomial interpolation. It refers to the problem of finding a polynomial P(x) of degree d such that ''only certain'' derivatives have specified values at specified points:
: P^(x_i) = y_ ...
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Birkhoff's axioms
In 1932, G. D. Birkhoff created a set of four postulates of Euclidean geometry in the plane, sometimes referred to as Birkhoff's axioms. These postulates are all based on basic geometry that can be confirmed experimentally with a scale and prot ...
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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 Birkhoff's algorithm (also called Birkhoff-von-Neumann algorithm) is an algorithm for decomposing a bistochastic matrix into a convex combination of permutation matrices. It was published by Garrett Birkhoff in 1946. It has many applications. One s ...
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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 Poi ...
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