Jeff Dinitz
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Jeffrey H. Dinitz is an American mathematician
, currently teaching combinatorics
at the University of Vermont
. He is best known for proposing the Dinitz conjecture
, which became a major theorem.
Jeff Dinitz is married to Susan Dinitz and has three children, Mike, Amy, and Tom.
football league. He and a colleague from the Czech Republic, Dalibor Froncek, offered the then-brand-new XFL league their abilities to draft complicated schedules using math formulas. The XFL administration quickly agreed, which "surprised" Dinitz greatly. After some time on the computer, Dinitz and Froncek sent the XFL a draft schedule, and the new league gratefully accepted. Although the XFL folded after only one season, Dinitz was happy that "(he and Froncek) got to go to the championship game in Los Angeles".
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, currently teaching combinatorics
Combinatorics
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Aspects of combinatorics include counting the structures of a given kind and size , deciding when certain criteria can be met, and constructing and analyzing objects meeting the criteria ,...
at the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
. He is best known for proposing the Dinitz conjecture
Dinitz conjecture
In combinatorics, the Dinitz conjecture is a statement about the extension of arrays to partial Latin squares, proposed in 1979 by Jeff Dinitz, and proved in 1994 by Fred Galvin....
, which became a major theorem.
Jeff Dinitz is married to Susan Dinitz and has three children, Mike, Amy, and Tom.
XFL Scheduling
Dinitz is also well-known for scheduling the first season of the now-defunct XFLXFL
The XFL was a professional American football league that played for one season in 2001. The league was founded by Vince McMahon, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of WWE...
football league. He and a colleague from the Czech Republic, Dalibor Froncek, offered the then-brand-new XFL league their abilities to draft complicated schedules using math formulas. The XFL administration quickly agreed, which "surprised" Dinitz greatly. After some time on the computer, Dinitz and Froncek sent the XFL a draft schedule, and the new league gratefully accepted. Although the XFL folded after only one season, Dinitz was happy that "(he and Froncek) got to go to the championship game in Los Angeles".