Donald Dines Wall

Details

Instance of

human

Born

13 August 1921

Died

28 November 2000

Place of birth

Kansas City

Place of death

California

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Donald

Field of work

number theory, normal number

Occupation

mathematician

Citizenship

United States

doctoral advisor

Derrick Henry Lehmer

educated at

Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

employer

Douglas, Aetna, Trinity College, University of California, Santa Barbara, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, IBM

medical condition

brain tumor

member of

Delta Sigma Phi

notable work

Wall–Sun–Sun prime