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Guðmundur Pálmason

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Reference excerpt

Guðmundur Pálmason (11 June 1928 – 11 March 2004) was an Icelandic chess player and geologist. He is the author of Palmason Model.

Biography In 1949, Guðmundur Pálmason graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík. In 1955, he graduated as a physics engineer from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Pálmason became its director in 1964 and held that position until the end of 1996. In parallel with his work, he served United Nations consultative work in the Philippines, Mali, El Salvador, Taiwan and North Korea. From 1973 to 1974, Guðmundur Pálmason was a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York.

Geological models In 1971, he defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Iceland about the construction of Iceland's crust based on wave refraction measurements. There Guðmundur Pálmason explained the first human outline in the construction of Iceland's crust. A few years later, he developed a computational Palmason Model that explained the main features of the geology of Iceland.

Awards Guðmundur Pálmason received various awards for his work. He received the dr. phil. Ólafur Daníelsson and Sigurður Guðmundsson, the Ása Guðmundsdóttir Wright honorary award and the Icelandic Society of Engineers' badge of honor. He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and an honorary member of the Icelandic Geothermal Association.

Chess activities From the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s Guðmundur Pálmason was also one of the leading Icelandic chess players. In 1954, he participated in World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament in Mariánské Lázně. Guðmundur Pálmason regularly participated in Icelandic Chess Championships and Reykjavík International Chess tournaments (1964, 1966). Guðmundur Pálmason played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1954, at third board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+2, =4, -3), In 1958, at second board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+3, =12, -1), In 1966, at third board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4, =5, -7). Guðmundur Pálmason played for Iceland in the World Student Team Chess Championships:

In 1954, at first board in the 1st World Student Team Chess Championship in Oslo (+4, =2, -3), In 1955, at first board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Lyon (+4, =7, -1), In 1956, at second board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in Uppsala (+6, =2, -1) and won individual gold medal, In 1957, at second board in the 4th World Student Team Chess Championship in Reykjavík (+2, =10, -1).

References

External links Gudmundur Palmason player profile and games at Chessgames.com Guðmundur Pálmason chess games at 365chess.com

Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Guðmundur Pálmason

In research: Guðmundur Pálmason appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Guðmundur Pálmason in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Guðmundur Pálmason is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1928 births, 2004 deaths, 20th-century Icelandic chess players, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Guðmundur Pálmason outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Guðmundur Pálmason (11 June 1928 – 11 March 2004) was an Icelandic chess player and geologist. He is the author of Palmason Model.

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