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Stephen Cook

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Stephen Arthur Cook is an American Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity. He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Mathematics.

Facts
Birth Year
1939 1
Birth Date
1939-12-14 2
Nationality
Canada 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Buffalo, United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
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Major Prize
Turing 2
Gender
Male 2
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Source Stephen Cook, Wikipedia
Source Stephen Cook, Wikipedia

Proposed

Source Cook-Levin theorem (Wikipedia)

Works In

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Nationality

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Source Stephen Cook (Wikidata)

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Source Stephen Cook (Wikidata)
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1. Stephen Cook (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Buffalo, United States
    Q40435
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Canada
    Q16
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2. Stephen Cook, Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    Stephen Arthur Cook (born December 14, 1939) is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity.
  • Lead paragraph
    He won the 1982 ACM Turing Award.
  • Lead section, pronoun use
    He is a university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mathematics.
  • Works In: Mathematics, Lead sentence
    Stephen Arthur Cook (born December 14, 1939) is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity.
  • Works In: Computer Science, Lead sentence
    Stephen Arthur Cook (born December 14, 1939) is an American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made significant contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    Cook was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences (United States) and the American Academ
  • Member Of: Association for Computing Machinery, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
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Cook-Levin theorem (Wikipedia)
Proposed: Cook-Levin Theorem, Lead paragraph
Quote, Proposed: Cook-Levin Theorem, Lead paragraph
The theorem is named after Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin.
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