Svante Janson
| Svante Janson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 May 1955 |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Citizenship | Swedish |
| Fields |
Mathematical analysis Mathematical statistics |
| Institutions |
Uppsala University (1980–1984, 1985–present) Mittag-Leffler Institute (1978–1980) University of Chicago (1980–1981) (1984–1985) |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Doctoral advisor |
Lennart Carleson (mathematics, 1977) Carl-Gustav Esseen (mathematical statistics, 1984) |
| Known for |
Janson's inequality (probability) Random graphs (Hoeffding decomposition & U-statistics) "Birth of the giant component" (with coauthors) |
| Influences |
Béla Bollobás Persi Diaconis Donald Knuth |
| Notable awards |
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) 1978 Sparre Award (KVA) Royal Scientific Society of Uppsala 1994 Göran Gustafsson prize 2009 Gårding prize (Royal Physiological Society, Lund) |
Svante Janson (born 21 May 1955) is a Swedish mathematician. A member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1994, Janson has been the chaired professor of mathematics at Uppsala University since 1987.
In mathematical analysis, Janson has publications in functional analysis (especially harmonic analysis) and probability theory. In mathematical statistics, Janson has made contributions to the theory of U-statistics. In combinatorics, Janson has publications in probabilistic combinatorics, particularly random graphs and in the analysis of algorithms: In the study of random graphs, Janson introduced U-statistics and the Hoeffding decomposition.
Janson has published four books and over 300 academic papers (as of 2017[update]). He has an Erdős number of 1.
Svante Janson has already had a long career in mathematics, because he started research at a very young age.
A child prodigy in mathematics, Janson took high-school and even university classes while in primary school. He was admitted in 1968 to Gothenburg University at age 12. After his 1968 matriculation at Uppsala University at age 13, Janson obtained the following degrees in mathematics: a "candidate of philosophy" (roughly an "honours" B.S. with a thesis) at age 14 (in 1970) and a doctor of philosophy at age 21–22 (in 1977). Janson's Ph.D. was awarded on his 22nd birthday. Janson's doctoral dissertation was supervised by Lennart Carleson, who had himself received his doctoral degree when he was 22 years old.
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