Julia Robinson

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson
Julia Robinson in 1975
Born	Julia Hall Bowman December 8, 1919 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died	July 30, 1985 (aged 65) Oakland, California, United States
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Diophantine equations Decidability MRDP theorem Robinson's proof
Spouse	Raphael M. Robinson
Awards	Noether Lecture (1982) MacArthur Fellow
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisor	Alfred Tarski

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. Her work on Hilbert's tenth problem (now known as Matiyasevich's theorem or the MRDP theorem) played a crucial role in its ultimate resolution. Robinson was a 1983 MacArthur Fellow.