Julius Richard Büchi, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss mathematician (1924-1984)
Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1924
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1984
Profession: computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Julius Richard Büchi
- Julius Richard Büchi (1924–1984) was a Swiss logician and mathematician. He received his Dr.
- sc.
- nat.
- in 1950 at the ETH Zürich under supervision of Paul Bernays and Ferdinand Gonseth.
- Shortly afterwards he went to Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.
- He and his first student Lawrence Landweber had a major influence on the development of theoretical computer science. Together with his friend Saunders Mac Lane, a student of Paul Bernays as well, Büchi published numerous celebrated works.
- He invented what is now known as the Büchi automaton, a finite state automaton accepting certain collections of infinite words known as omega-regular languages.
- The "n squares' problem", known also as Büchi's problem, is an open problem from number theory, closely related to Hilbert's tenth problem.
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