Raphael Mitchel Robinson (November 2, 1911 – January 27, 1995) was an American mathematician

Mathematician

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Born in National City

National City, California

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, California

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, Robinson was the youngest of four children of a lawyer and a teacher. He was awarded the BA (1932), MA (1933), and Ph.D. (1935), all in mathematics, and all from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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. His Ph.D. thesis, on complex analysis

Complex analysis

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, was titled Some results in the theory of Schlicht functions.

In 1941, Robinson married his former student Julia Bowman

Julia Robinson

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson was an American mathematician best known for her work on decision problems and Hilbert's Tenth Problem.-Background and education:...

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