Michael Scott Jacobson
Encyclopedia
Michael S. Jacobson is a mathematician, a Professor of Mathematics and the Chair of the Department of Mathematical & Statistical Science at the University of Colorado Denver
.
under the supervision of Henry S. Sharp Jr. He spent 23 years at the University of Louisville
, where in addition to being promoted to Professor in 1988, also served as Department Chair and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.
and in particular graph theory
. He has published more than 140 mathematical papers on topics including Ramsey theory
, Hamiltonian graphs, domination in graphs
and extremal graph theory
. He has had over 70 collaborators including Kenneth Bogart, Stefan Burr
, Gary Chartrand, Guantao Chen, Paul Erdős
, Ralph Faudree
, Ron Gould, András Gyárfás
, Frank Harary
, Stephen Hedetniemi, Linda Lesniak, Fred McMorris, K. Brooks Reid, Richard Schelp
, Edward Scheinerman and Douglas B. West. He has Erdős number
of 1 having coauthored 3 joint papers with Paul Erdős.
University of Colorado Denver
The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...
.
Early life
Jacobson did his undergraduate studies at SUNY SB graduating in 1975 and received his MS and Ph.D. in 1977 and 1980, respectively, from Emory UniversityEmory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
under the supervision of Henry S. Sharp Jr. He spent 23 years at the University of Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
, where in addition to being promoted to Professor in 1988, also served as Department Chair and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.
Mathematics
Jacobson specializes in combinatoricsCombinatorics
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 ,...
and in particular 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...
. He has published more than 140 mathematical papers on topics including Ramsey theory
Ramsey theory
Ramsey theory, named after the British mathematician and philosopher Frank P. Ramsey, is a branch of mathematics that studies the conditions under which order must appear...
, Hamiltonian graphs, domination in graphs
Dominating set
In graph theory, a dominating set for a graph G = is a subset D of V such that every vertex not in D is joined to at least one member of D by some edge...
and extremal graph theory
Extremal graph theory
Extremal graph theory is a branch of the mathematical field of graph theory. Extremal graph theory studies extremal graphs which satisfy a certain property. Extremality can be taken with respect to different graph invariants, such as order, size or girth...
. He has had over 70 collaborators including Kenneth Bogart, Stefan Burr
Stefan Burr
Stefan Andrus Burr is a mathematician and computer scientist. He is currently a professor of computer science at The City College of New York.Burr received his Ph.D...
, Gary Chartrand, Guantao Chen, Paul Erdős
Paul Erdos
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. Erdős published more papers than any other mathematician in history, working with hundreds of collaborators. He worked on problems in combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, classical analysis, approximation theory, set theory, and probability theory...
, Ralph Faudree
Ralph Faudree
Ralph Jasper Faudree is a mathematician, a professor of mathematics and the provost of the University of Memphis.Faudree was born in Durant, Oklahoma. He did his undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Baptist University, graduating in 1961, and received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Purdue University under...
, Ron Gould, András Gyárfás
András Gyárfás
András Gyárfás is a Hungarian mathematician who specializes in combinatorics and graph theory. His Erdős number is 1.-External links:* at the Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences*...
, Frank Harary
Frank Harary
Frank Harary was a prolific American mathematician, who specialized in graph theory. He was widely recognized as one of the "fathers" of modern graph theory....
, Stephen Hedetniemi, Linda Lesniak, Fred McMorris, K. Brooks Reid, Richard Schelp
Richard Schelp
Dr Richard H. Schelp was an American mathematician.Schelp received his Bachelors degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Central Missouri and his Masters degree and doctorate in mathematics from Kansas State University...
, Edward Scheinerman and Douglas B. West. He has 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 :...
of 1 having coauthored 3 joint papers with Paul Erdős.