Timeline for Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements
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| Jul 8, 2020 at 18:08 | comment | added | Timothy Chow | Bill Tutte is another mathematician who did classified work during WWII. | |
| Jan 6, 2020 at 22:19 | history | edited | Francois Ziegler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Add Whitney per Gerry Myerson. (Question was just bumped anyway.)
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| Jan 5, 2020 at 4:02 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | As I note in another answer, Hassler Whitney also worked on fire control during the war. | |
| Jan 3, 2020 at 14:03 | history | edited | Francois Ziegler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2020 at 10:14 | comment | added | Wlod AA | Quite a bit of mathematical work/papers (or non-mathematical work by mathematicians) done for DOD contractors were never classified. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 6:19 | comment | added | Francois Ziegler | I’ll let someone else do it, if they feel the subquestion is worth splitting off. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 6:17 | history | edited | Francois Ziegler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2020 at 6:14 | comment | added | R Hahn | It would hardly be spam it is such an interesting question! Better that someone with ample reputation ask it, too. | |
| Jan 2, 2020 at 6:11 | history | edited | Francois Ziegler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 2, 2020 at 6:03 | comment | added | Francois Ziegler | I’d be curious about more examples of declassified work that turned out significant (and would happily move this answer there if someone asks — I just hesitate to spam the site with another big-list question myself). | |
| S Jan 2, 2020 at 6:00 | history | answered | Francois Ziegler | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
| S Jan 2, 2020 at 6:00 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Francois Ziegler |