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'''Harold Jacques Dutka''', (1919 - 2002 <ref>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL122090A/Jacques_Dutka Jacques Dutka (Open Library)]</ref>)<br/>
an American mathematician with a Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1943 on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversality_%28mathematics%29 Transversality] in Higher Space <ref>[[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1943'''). ''Transversality in Higher Space''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Columbia University]]</ref>.
Dutka first calculated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_of_2 Square root of 2] to more than one million digits <ref>[[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1971'''). ''The Square Root of 2 to 1,000,000 Decimals''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Computation Mathematics of Computation], Vol 25, No. 116</ref>.
Starting with a rough approximation of the root derived from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%27s_equation Pell's equation], Dutka devised a special algorithm for that calculation .
=First CC Tournament Director=
At the [[ACM 1970|First United States Computer Chess Championship]] 1970 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], Jacques Dutka served as tournament director <ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-0%20and%203-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.1970_ACM_70/1970_ACM.062303010.pdf Special Events for Association for Computing Machinery, 25th National Conference] (pdf), hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>.
[[FILE:ACM1970.JPG|none|border|text-bottom]]
[[ACM 1970]] round 1: [[Chess (Program)|Chess 3.0]] - [[Coko|Coko III]], from left: [[Jacques Dutka]] (Tournament Director), unknown,<br/>
[[Keith Gorlen]] operating Chess 3.0, [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Steven M. Bellovin]] with phone, unknown back of head <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times], September 02, 1970, Thanks to [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] for recognizing people</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1944'''). ''Transversality in Higher Space''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Columbia University]] <ref>[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1208533W/Transversality_in_higher_space Transversality in higher space (Open Library)]</ref>
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1971'''). ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2004359?seq=1 The Square Root of 2 to 1,000,000 Decimals]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Computation Mathematics of Computation], Vol 25, No. 116, [https://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/1971-25-116/S0025-5718-1971-0298857-0/S0025-5718-1971-0298857-0.pdf pdf]
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00357439 On square roots and their representations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 36, No. 1
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00329984 On the St. Petersburg Paradox]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 39, No. 1 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_paradox St. Petersburg paradox from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''On the Problème des Ménages''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mathematical_Intelligencer The Mathematical Intelligencer], Vol. 8
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1991'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00389433 The Early History of the Factorial Function]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 43, No. 3
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''2001'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4613-0195-0_25 On the Problème des Ménages]''. [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-0195-0 Mathematical Conversations], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
=External Links=
* [https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=37384 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Jacques Dutka]
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'''Harold Jacques Dutka''', (1919 - 2002 <ref>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL122090A/Jacques_Dutka Jacques Dutka (Open Library)]</ref>)<br/>
an American mathematician with a Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1943 on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversality_%28mathematics%29 Transversality] in Higher Space <ref>[[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1943'''). ''Transversality in Higher Space''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Columbia University]]</ref>.
Dutka first calculated the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root_of_2 Square root of 2] to more than one million digits <ref>[[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1971'''). ''The Square Root of 2 to 1,000,000 Decimals''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Computation Mathematics of Computation], Vol 25, No. 116</ref>.
Starting with a rough approximation of the root derived from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%27s_equation Pell's equation], Dutka devised a special algorithm for that calculation .
=First CC Tournament Director=
At the [[ACM 1970|First United States Computer Chess Championship]] 1970 in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York], Jacques Dutka served as tournament director <ref>[http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-0%20and%203-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3%20and%205-2.1970_ACM_70/1970_ACM.062303010.pdf Special Events for Association for Computing Machinery, 25th National Conference] (pdf), hosted by [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref>.
[[FILE:ACM1970.JPG|none|border|text-bottom]]
[[ACM 1970]] round 1: [[Chess (Program)|Chess 3.0]] - [[Coko|Coko III]], from left: [[Jacques Dutka]] (Tournament Director), unknown,<br/>
[[Keith Gorlen]] operating Chess 3.0, [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]], [[Steven M. Bellovin]] with phone, unknown back of head <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times], September 02, 1970, Thanks to [[Monroe Newborn|Monty Newborn]] for recognizing people</ref>
=Selected Publications=
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1944'''). ''Transversality in Higher Space''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Columbia University]] <ref>[https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1208533W/Transversality_in_higher_space Transversality in higher space (Open Library)]</ref>
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1971'''). ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2004359?seq=1 The Square Root of 2 to 1,000,000 Decimals]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics_of_Computation Mathematics of Computation], Vol 25, No. 116, [https://www.ams.org/journals/mcom/1971-25-116/S0025-5718-1971-0298857-0/S0025-5718-1971-0298857-0.pdf pdf]
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00357439 On square roots and their representations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 36, No. 1
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00329984 On the St. Petersburg Paradox]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 39, No. 1 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg_paradox St. Petersburg paradox from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1986'''). ''On the Problème des Ménages''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mathematical_Intelligencer The Mathematical Intelligencer], Vol. 8
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''1991'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00389433 The Early History of the Factorial Function]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_for_History_of_Exact_Sciences Archive for History of Exact Sciences], Vol. 43, No. 3
* [[Jacques Dutka]] ('''2001'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4613-0195-0_25 On the Problème des Ménages]''. [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4613-0195-0 Mathematical Conversations], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
=External Links=
* [https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=37384 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Jacques Dutka]
=References=
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