Bruce Lee Rothschild

Bruce Lee Rothschild (born August 26, 1941) is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics, best known for his foundational contributions to Ramsey theory and extremal set theory. He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Early life and education Bruce Lee Rothschild was born on August 26, 1941, in Los Angeles, California.

Academic career Following his doctorate, Rothschild took a position as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught from 1967 to 1969. He also served as a consultant for Bell Labs (1968–1971), where he collaborated with Ronald Graham. He has collaborated with American mathematicians Joel Spencer and Ronald Graham on key texts related to Ramsey theory. Rothschild wrote several papers with Paul Erdős, giving him an Erdős number of 1.

Awards and honors In 1971, Rothschild was named one of the inaugural recipients of the George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), sharing the honor with Ronald L. Graham, Klaus Leeb, Alfred W. Hales, and Robert I. Jewett. Other notable honors include Sloan Research Fellowship (1973–1975),

Selected publications

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