Jeff Paris (mathematician)
Jeff Paris | |
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.jpg) Jeff Paris in Berkeley, California | |
| Born | Jeffrey Bruce Paris 15 November 1944[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
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| Children | Jasmin Paris |
| Awards | Whitehead Prize (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical logic |
| Institutions | University of Manchester |
| Thesis | Large Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robin Gandy[2] |
| Website | oldwww |
Jeffrey Bruce Paris FBA (/ˈpærɪs/; born 15 November 1944) is a British mathematician and Professor of Logic in the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester.[3][4][5][6][7]
Education
Paris gained his doctorate supervised by Robin Gandy at Manchester in 1969 with a dissertation on Large Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.[2]
Research and career
Paris is known for his work on mathematical logic, in particular provability in arithmetic, uncertain reasoning and inductive logic with an emphasis on rationality and common sense principles.
Awards and honours
Paris was awarded the Whitehead Prize in 1983 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1999.[1][8]
Personal life
Paris was married to Malvyn Loraine Blackburn until 1983 when he married Alena Vencovská. He has three sons and three daughters including runner Jasmin Paris.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Anon (2007). "Paris, Prof. Jeffrey Bruce". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U30030. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b {{MathGenealogy}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- ^ Paris, J. and Harrington, L.: A mathematical incompleteness in Peano Arithmetic. In Handbook of Mathematical Logic (ed. J. Barwise), pp. 1133–1142. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland, 1977.
- ^ Kirby, L.; Paris, J. (1982). "Accessible Independence Results for Peano Arithmetic" (PDF). Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 14 (4): 285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.107.3303. doi:10.1112/blms/14.4.285.
- ^ Paris J.B.: The uncertain reasoner's companion: a mathematical perspective, Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science 39, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-46089-1
- ^ Paris, J. B.; Kirby, L. A. S. (1978). "Σn-Collection Schemas in Arithmetic". Logic Colloquium '77. Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. Vol. 96. p. 199. doi:10.1016/S0049-237X(08)72003-2. ISBN 9780444851789.
- ^ Jeff Paris publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ "Elections to Ordinary Fellowship". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
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