Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p David Peter Robbins (12 August 1942, Brooklyn – 4 September 2003, Princeton) was an American mathematician. He is most famous for introducing alternating sign matrices. He is also known for his work on generalizations of Heron's formula on the area of polygons, due to which Robbins pentagons (cyclic pentagons with integer side lengths and areas) were named after him.Robbins grew up in Manhattan, where he attended the Fieldston School.. }
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- David_P._Robbins comment "David Peter Robbins (12 August 1942, Brooklyn – 4 September 2003, Princeton) was an American mathematician. He is most famous for introducing alternating sign matrices. He is also known for his work on generalizations of Heron's formula on the area of polygons, due to which Robbins pentagons (cyclic pentagons with integer side lengths and areas) were named after him.Robbins grew up in Manhattan, where he attended the Fieldston School.".