Taylor Booth (mathematician)

Taylor Booth
Born
Taylor Lockwood Booth

(1933-09-22)September 22, 1933
DiedOctober 20, 1986(1986-10-20) (aged 53)
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut
Known forSequential Machines and Automata Theory (1967)
AwardsIEEE Centennial Medal (1984)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, computer science, computer engineering

Taylor Lockwood Booth (September 22, 1933 October 20, 1986) was a mathematician known for his work in automata theory.

One of his fundamental works is Sequential Machines and Automata Theory (1967). It is a wide-ranging book meant for specialists, written for both theoretical computer scientists as well as electrical engineers. It deals with state minimization techniques, finite-state machines, Turing machines, Markov processes, and undecidability.