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Julia Robinson| 1919-1985

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Mathematician 
About
Julia Robinson
Impact on Mathematics
Education& Awards
Brief Biography
Brief Biography
  • Julia was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 8th, 1919. 
  • At an early age, Julia was fascinated by mathematics. 
    • She also love the sciences. She graduated High school with honors in Science and Mathematics. 
  • She contracted scarlet fever at a young age which affected her for the rest of her life. 
  • Julia married her husband Raphael in December of 1941. 
  • Julia died in July 30, 1985. 
Education
  •  Attended San Diego State College in 1936
  • She transferred to University of California, Berkeley in 1939 with the help of her sister and aunt. She earned her degree in 1940.
    • This is where she met her husband.  
  • She continued on at Berkeley for graduate studies. 
Awards & Achievments
  • First woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  • Served as President of the American Mathematical Society
  • Helped disprove Hilbert's tenth problem
Hilbert's Tenth Problem
  • In her work with Diophantine sets, she developed the J.R hypothesis that helped her prove that all Diophantine sets are listable. 
    • This hypothesis was the last piece that had to be proven for the famous tenth problem to be disproved.
  • She first worked on a paper with Martin Davis and Hilary Putnam. 
    • Julia took their work and found a simpler and more elegant proof. 
  • Yuri Matijasevic˘ came in the picture years after the original paper had be published. 
    • He proved the J.R. Hypothesis. 
  • The work that Julia started on in 1952 was now complete in 1970. 
Thank You.
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