Jon Folkman

Jon Hal Folkman (December 8, 1938 – January 23, 1969) was an American mathematician, a student of John Milnor, and a researcher at the RAND Corporation.

Jon Hal Folkman
Born(1938-12-08)December 8, 1938
Ogden, Utah, US
DiedJanuary 23, 1969(1969-01-23) (aged 30)
Los Angeles, California, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University
Known forFolkman graph
Shapley–Folkman lemma & theorem
Folkman–Lawrence representation
Folkman's theorem (memorial)
Homology of lattices and matroids
AwardsPutnam Fellow (1960)
Scientific career
FieldsCombinatorics
InstitutionsRAND Corporation
Doctoral advisorJohn Milnor
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