Bruce Lee Rothschild (born August 26, 1941)[1] is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles specializing in combinatorial mathematics. Rothschild was born in 1941 in Los Angeles. He got his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1967.[2] Rothschild wrote several papers with Paul Erdős, giving him an Erdős number of 1.[3] In 1971, he shared the Pólya Prize (SIAM) with four other mathematicians for his work on Ramsey theory.
Bruce has collaborated with American mathematicians Joel Spencer and Ronald Graham on key texts related to Ramsey Theory. Bruce currently teaches Mathematical Game Theory at UCLA and has made many contributions to the development of mathematics education.