Nathaniel Dean (mathematician)
Nathaniel Dean | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Mississippi State University, Northeastern University, Vanderbilt University |
| Known for | Graph Theory, Data Visualization, Parallel Computing |
| Awards | Bell Labs President's Silver Award (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs, Rice University, Texas Southern University, Texas State University |
| Thesis | Contractible Edges and Conjectures about Path and Cycle Numbers (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Louis Hemminger |
Nathaniel Dean (January 9, 1956 – January 2021) was an African-American mathematician and educator who made contributions to abstract and algorithmic graph theory, as well as data visualization and parallel computing.