Graham Brightwell
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Graham Brightwell is a British mathematician working in the field of discrete mathematics
.
His Erdős number
is 2 owing to his numerous publications with Béla Bollobás
.
He was a research student at the University of Cambridge
and obtained his PhD
in 1988 writing on "Linear Extensions of Partially Ordered Sets" under the supervision of Béla Bollobás
.
He has published nearly 100 papers in pure mathematics
, including over a dozen with Béla Bollobás
. His research interests include random combinatorial structures
; partially ordered sets; algorithms; random graphs; discrete mathematics
and graph theory
.
Professor Brightwell started playing Othello
in 1985, after finding himself sharing an apartment with Imre Leader
. He is 3 times vice World Champion and 5 times British Champion, and has served as Chairman of the British Othello Federation, and as Editor of the British Othello Newsletter.
He is currently a Professor at the London School of Economics
.
Discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not...
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His Erdős number
Erdos number
The Erdős number describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.The same principle has been proposed for other eminent persons in other fields.- Overview :...
is 2 owing to his numerous publications with Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás FRS is a Hungarian-born British mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics, including functional analysis, combinatorics, graph theory and percolation. As a student, he took part in the first three International Mathematical Olympiads, winning two gold medals...
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He was a research student at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and obtained his PhD
PHD
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in 1988 writing on "Linear Extensions of Partially Ordered Sets" under the supervision of Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás FRS is a Hungarian-born British mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics, including functional analysis, combinatorics, graph theory and percolation. As a student, he took part in the first three International Mathematical Olympiads, winning two gold medals...
.
He has published nearly 100 papers in pure mathematics
Pure mathematics
Broadly speaking, pure mathematics is mathematics which studies entirely abstract concepts. From the eighteenth century onwards, this was a recognized category of mathematical activity, sometimes characterized as speculative mathematics, and at variance with the trend towards meeting the needs of...
, including over a dozen with Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás
Béla Bollobás FRS is a Hungarian-born British mathematician who has worked in various areas of mathematics, including functional analysis, combinatorics, graph theory and percolation. As a student, he took part in the first three International Mathematical Olympiads, winning two gold medals...
. His research interests include random combinatorial structures
Combinatorics
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Aspects of combinatorics include counting the structures of a given kind and size , deciding when certain criteria can be met, and constructing and analyzing objects meeting the criteria ,...
; partially ordered sets; algorithms; random graphs; discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not...
and graph theory
Graph theory
In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of graphs, mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects from a certain collection. A "graph" in this context refers to a collection of vertices or 'nodes' and a collection of edges that connect pairs of...
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Professor Brightwell started playing Othello
Reversi
Reversi is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side. Pieces typically are disks with a light and a dark face, each face belonging to one player...
in 1985, after finding himself sharing an apartment with Imre Leader
Imre Leader
Imre Bennett Leader is a British mathematician and Professor of Pure Mathematics, specifically combinatorics, at the University of Cambridge....
. He is 3 times vice World Champion and 5 times British Champion, and has served as Chairman of the British Othello Federation, and as Editor of the British Othello Newsletter.
He is currently a Professor at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.