| William Karush | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1917 |
| Died | February 22, 1997 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | California State University at Northridge |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Magnus Hestenes |
| Known for | Contribution to Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions |
William Karush (1 March 1917 – 22 February 1997) was a professor of California State University at Northridge and was a mathematician best known for his contribution to Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions. In his master's thesis he was the first to publish these necessary conditions for the inequality-constrained problem, although he became renowned after a seminal conference paper by Harold W. Kuhn and Albert W. Tucker.