Operations research says that in issue 66, Behrman also has "speech phobia"?

20 century 50 s , American mathematician Richard · Behrman et al. Put forward the famous optimization principle when studying the optimization problem of multi-stage decision-making process , Dynamic programming comes into being . While thanking Behrman for his great contribution to dynamic planning , Let's also learn the story behind Behrman , Into his life , To see his hard road to success .

01  Childhood under the Great Depression

Behrman is the only son in the family , But his life with his family is not so easy , He reiterated “ We should not be poor ”. His father took the effects of the Great Depression seriously , So I missed many good jobs , Every time his father is ready for a job , It's too late . Behrman also confessed to two curses he had to face in his childhood ： Wetting the bed and fear of the dark , This is similar to many children .

02  Fear of speech

Although Behrman was successful , But when he was in high school, he had a deep fear of class speeches , Every semester, he would drag the class report to the last stage . When he went to College , This fear still exists , But he forced himself to make as many speeches as possible , To overcome his speech phobia . This is in line with Behrman's principles “ Once I started , Will do well ”.

03  Love reading

Young Behrman was very interested in Psychology , He thought it helped him deal with some of the problems of adolescence . Besides , He is also crazy about science fiction and literature , Among them, his favorite are Mark Twain and Shakespeare . Mark Twain had the greatest influence on Behrman , Mark Twain's books helped him broaden his imagination , And cultivated his strong sense of humor . It's also at this time , He began to realize that he had read enough novels , Decided to explore something real . At this moment in his life , He was first exposed to paleontology 、 Archaeology 、 philosophy 、 history 、 Biography, etc . He began to read Paul - Virtue - Cruyff (Paul de Kruif) And Bernard · Japhy (Bernard Jaffe).

04  Mathematics enlightenment in College

Behrman was also a member of the math club in College , There he would occasionally hear lectures on mathematics . What he remembered most clearly was Kurt's lecture on carving a triangle with the smallest circumference in a given triangle . He spent four and a half years in college , When I graduated from Brooklyn College , He didn't get any medals . But compared to medals , He prefers some books , That's why he started collecting good books . The first book he bought was 《 Function theory 》, And then there was 《 Fourier integral 》. These books gave him a good understanding of mathematics , He even started writing some of his first papers at this time .

05  A never-ending life

1973 Behrman was diagnosed with a brain tumor in . The operation to remove the tumor was successful , But because of the complications after the operation , He was almost completely paralyzed . Despite his serious physical problems , He is still very active in mathematical research , For the rest of his life 10 In the year , He wrote about 100 Papers , stay 1984 His books continued to be published after his death in .

Richard · Behrman won numerous awards in his life 、 Countless honors , But most of all , Besides the legendary reputation of Behrman , His courage and greatness also earned him the admiration and love of all who knew him and those who knew him .

Read here , I believe in your mind “ The father of dynamic programming —— behrman ” My impression is more vivid , Behrman, who used to be an excellent writer, also has another side that is unknown to others , Welcome to follow us , Besides learning operations research, you can also learn about the anecdotes of pioneers .

source

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bellman/
https://ethw.org/Richard_Bellman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Bellman

author | Huang Xinru Qi Peng

Coordinating editor | Liu Wenzhi

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