Steve Alpern
Encyclopedia
Steven Alpern is a professor of mathematics
at the London School of Economics
. He has made a significant contribution to both the fields of search games and Rendezvous, informally introducing the rendezvous problem
as early as 1976. His collaborators include Shmuel Gal
, Vic Baston and Robbert Fokkink.
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. He has made a significant contribution to both the fields of search games and Rendezvous, informally introducing the rendezvous problem
Rendezvous problem
The rendezvous dilemma can be formulated in this way:If they both choose to wait, of course, they will never meet. If they both choose to walk there are chances that they meet and chances that they do not...
as early as 1976. His collaborators include Shmuel Gal
Shmuel Gal
Shmuel Gal is a professor of statistics at the University of Haifa in Israel.Gal received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
, Vic Baston and Robbert Fokkink.