What is Walter Savitch?
'''Walter John Savitch''' (February 21, 1943 – February 1, 2021) was an American computer scientist. He was best known for defining the [[NL (complexity)|NL]] (nondeterministic logarithmic space) and for [[Savitch's theorem]]. He was a professor at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. Savitch died on February 1, 2021 in [[San Diego]], [[California]] from problems caused by [[Parkinson's disease]], aged 77.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2021/2021-2-23-3.html |title=In Memoriam: Walter Savitch, Professor Emeritus in Computer Science and Engineering |date=February 23, 2021 |access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[[Richard J. Lipton]], ''[http://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/savitchs-theorem/ Savitch’s Theorem]''. Gives a historical account on how Savitch's Theorem was discovered. {{DEFAULTSORT:Savitch, Walter}} [[Category:American computer scientists]] [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Berkeley, California]] [[Category:Scientists from San Diego, California]] [[Category:University of California faculty]] [[Category:Educators from San Diego, California]] {{US-bio-stub}}