Summary
David Allen Bayer (born November 29, 1955) is an American mathematician known for his contributions in algebra and symbolic computation and for his consulting work in the movie industry. He is a professor of mathematics at Barnard College, Columbia University.
David Bayer | |
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 Dave Bayer in 2006 (photo from MFO) | |
| Born | November 29, 1955 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematics, film |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | The Division Algorithm and the Hilbert Scheme (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Heisuke Hironaka |
Education and career edit
Bayer was educated at Swarthmore College as an undergraduate, where he attended a course on combinatorial algorithms given by Herbert Wilf. During that semester, Bayer related several original ideas to Wilf on the subject. These contributions were later incorporated into the second edition of Wilf and Albert Nijenhuis' influential book Combinatorial Algorithms, with a detailed acknowledgement by its authors.[1] Bayer subsequently earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1982 under the direction of Heisuke Hironaka with a dissertation entitled The Division Algorithm and the Hilbert Scheme. He joined Columbia University thereafter.
Bayer is the son of Joan and Bryce Bayer, the inventor of the Bayer filter. [2]
Contributions edit
Bayer has worked in various areas of algebra and symbolic computation, including Hilbert functions, Betti numbers, and linear programming. He has written a number of highly cited papers in these areas with other notable mathematicians, including Bernd Sturmfels, Jeffrey Lagarias, Persi Diaconis, Irena Peeva, and David Eisenbud. Bayer is one of ten individuals cited in the white paper published by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto describing the technological underpinnings of Bitcoin. He is cited as a co-author, along with Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta, of a paper to improve on a system for tamper-proofing timestamps by incorporating Merkle trees.[3]
Consulting edit
Bayer was a mathematics consultant for the film A Beautiful Mind, the biopic of John Nash, and also had a cameo as one of the "Pen Ceremony" professors.[4]
References edit
- ^ Nijenhuis, Albert; Wilf, Herbert (1978). Combinatorial Algorithms. Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (2nd ed.). New York-London: Academic Press. ISBN 0125192606. MR 0510047.
- ^ Hevesi, Dennis (29 November 2012). "Bryce Bayer, Inventor of a Filter to Make Color Digital Pictures, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
- ^ Chinweokwu, Okereke (June 9, 2022). "The History of Blockchain".
- ^ Polster, Burkard; Ross, Marty (2012). Math Goes to the Movies. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0484-4. MR 2953095.
External links edit
- Bayer's homepage at Columbia University
- Dave Bayer at IMDb
- Dave Bayer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Dave and Beautiful Math at Swarthmore College Bulletin