George Forsythe Quotes

d. 1972 United States

George Elmer Forsythe (January 8, 1917 – April 9, 1972) was an American computer scientist, who helped to establish computer science as its own academic discipline and starting the field of refereeing and editing algorithms as scholarly work.

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Also known as: Forsythe, George

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To a modern mathematician, design seems to be a second-rate intellectual activity.

George Forsythe (1966)

The use of practically any computing technique itself raises a number of mathematical problems. There is thus a very considerable impact of computation on mathematics itself, and this may be expected to influence mathematical research to an increasing degree.

George Forsythe (1958)

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