Rufus Bowen
Robert Edward Bowen | |
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Bowen in 1974 | |
| Born | Robert Edward Bowen February 23, 1947 Vallejo, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 30, 1978 (aged 31) Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | Dynamical systems theory Bowen's formula |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Stephen Smale |
| Doctoral students | Brian Marcus Lai-Sang Young |
Robert Edward "Rufus" Bowen (February 23, 1947 – July 30, 1978) was an American internationally known professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, who specialized in dynamical systems theory. Bowen's work dealt primarily with axiom A systems, but the methods he used while exploring topological entropy, symbolic dynamics, ergodic theory, Markov partitions, and invariant measures "have application far beyond the axiom A systems for which they were invented." The Bowen Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, are given in his honor.