Ralph Faudree
Encyclopedia
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 the supervision of Eugene Schenkman. He was an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley
and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois before joining the Memphis State University faculty as an associate professor in 1971. Memphis State became renamed as the University of Memphis in 1994, and Faudree was appointed as provost in 2001.
Faudree specializes in combinatorics
, and specifically in graph theory
and Ramsey theory
. He has published more than 200 mathematical papers on these topics together with such notable mathematicians as Béla Bollobás
, Stefan Burr
, Paul Erdős
, Ron Gould, András Gyárfás
, Brendan McKay
, Cecil Rousseau, Richard Schelp
, Miklós Simonovits
, Joel Spencer
, and Vera Sós. He was the 2005 recipient of the Euler Medal
for his contributions to combinatorics. His Erdős number
is 1: he cowrote 50 joint papers with Paul Erdős beginning in 1976 and is among the three mathematicians that most frequently co-authored with Erdős.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, a professor of mathematics and the provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of the University of Memphis
University of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
.
Faudree was born in Durant, Oklahoma
Durant, Oklahoma
Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 15,877 at the 2010 census. Durant is the principal city of the Durant Micropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 42,416 in 2010...
. He did his undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma Baptist University is a co-educational Christian liberal arts university located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and owned by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. Established in 1910, OBU is ranked No.2 among baccalaureate colleges in the western region in the 2010 U.S...
, graduating in 1961, and received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
under the supervision of Eugene Schenkman. He was an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois before joining the Memphis State University faculty as an associate professor in 1971. Memphis State became renamed as the University of Memphis in 1994, and Faudree was appointed as provost in 2001.
Faudree specializes in combinatorics
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 ,...
, and specifically in 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...
and 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...
. He has published more than 200 mathematical papers on these topics together with such notable mathematicians as 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...
, 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...
, 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...
, 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*...
, Brendan McKay
Brendan McKay
Brendan Damien McKay is a Professor in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University . He has published extensively in combinatorics....
, Cecil Rousseau, 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...
, Miklós Simonovits
Miklós Simonovits
Miklós Simonovits is a Hungarian mathematician who currently works at the Rényi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest and is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is on the advisory board of the journal Combinatorica. He is best known for his work in extremal graph theory...
, Joel Spencer
Joel Spencer
Joel Spencer is an American mathematician. He is a combinatorialist who has worked on probabilistic methods in combinatorics and on Ramsey theory. He received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1970, under the supervision of Andrew Gleason...
, and Vera Sós. He was the 2005 recipient of the Euler Medal
Euler Medal
The Euler Medal, named after the 18th century mathematician Leonhard Euler, is an honor awarded annually by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications to a member with a distinguished lifetime contribution to combinatorial research who are still active in research.-Laureates:* 2008: Gabor...
for his contributions to combinatorics. 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 1: he cowrote 50 joint papers with Paul Erdős beginning in 1976 and is among the three mathematicians that most frequently co-authored with Erdős.