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Robert I. Jewett

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Robert Israel "Bob" Jewett
BornDecember 14, 1937
Providence, Rhode Island
DiedJuly 30, 2022 (aged 84)
OccupationMathematician

Robert Israel "Bob"[1] Jewett (December 14, 1937 – July 30, 2022)[2] was an American mathematician and one of the namesakes of Hales–Jewett theorem. He researched harmonic analysis, ergodic theory, differential equations, and combinatorics.[3]

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After graduating from the California Institute of Technology and obtaining his PhD in mathematics from the University of Oregon, he taught as a professor of mathematics at Western Washington University for 40 years until he eventually retired in 2010.[3]

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