Mathematician:Birkhoff

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Birkhoff may refer to:

George David Birkhoff $($$\text {1884}$ – $\text {1944}$$)$

American mathematician best known for what is now known as the Ergodic Theorem.

The father of Garrett Birkhoff.
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Garrett Birkhoff $($$\text {1911}$ – $\text {1996}$$)$

American mathematician mainly working in mathematical physics and abstract algebra.

Also wrote plenty of text books: his Lattice Theory (1940) is much cited.

The son of George David Birkhoff.
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