Robin Wilson (mathematician)
| The Honourable Robin Wilson |
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| Born |
5 December 1943 United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Graph Theory |
| Institutions |
Open University, Pembroke College, Oxford, Gresham College |
| Alma mater |
University College School, Hampstead, London University of Oxford (Balliol College) University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | Nesmith Ankeny |
Robin James Wilson (born 5 December 1943) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, having previously been Head of the Pure Mathematics Department and Dean of the Faculty. He was a Stipendiary Lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford and, as of 2006[update], Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, where he has also been a visiting professor. On occasion, he guest-teaches at Colorado College in the United States.
From January 1999 to September 2003, Robin Wilson was editor-in-chief of the European Mathematical Society Newsletter.
Robin Wilson is the son of Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is married with two daughters.
Wilson's academic interests lie in graph theory, particularly in colouring problems, e.g. the four colour problem, and algebraic properties of graphs.
He also researches the history of mathematics, particularly British mathematics and mathematics in the 17th century and the period 1860 to 1940 and the history of graph theory and combinatorics.
In 1974 he won the Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America for his expository article An introduction to matroid theory.
Due to his collaboration on a 1977 paper with the noted Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, Wilson has an Erdős number of 1.
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