Alan Hoffman (mathematician)
Encyclopedia
Alan Jerome Hoffman, born May 30, 1924 in New York City, is a mathematician and IBM
fellow emeritus, T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. He is the founding editor of the Journal Linear Algebra and its Applications, and holds several patents. Hoffman and Robert Singleton constructed the Hoffman–Singleton graph, which is the unique Moore graph of degree 7 and diameter 2.
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
fellow emeritus, T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. He is the founding editor of the Journal Linear Algebra and its Applications, and holds several patents. Hoffman and Robert Singleton constructed the Hoffman–Singleton graph, which is the unique Moore graph of degree 7 and diameter 2.
Awards
Hoffman is a recipient of many awards.- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1982–
- IBM Fellow, 1978–
- D. Sc. (Hon.) Technion, 1986
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1987–
- Von Neumann Prize (Operations Research Society...)