R. M. Wilson
R. M. Wilson | |
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| Born | Richard Michael Wilson 23 November 1945 Gary, Indiana, US |
| Alma mater | Indiana University (BS) Ohio State University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Kirkman's schoolgirl problem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Combinatorics |
| Institutions | Caltech |
| Doctoral advisor | Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri |
| Doctoral students | Jeff Dinitz Pierre Baldi |
| Website | www |
Richard Michael Wilson (23 November 1945) is a mathematician and a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. Wilson and his PhD supervisor Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri, solved Kirkman's schoolgirl problem in 1968. Wilson is known for his work in combinatorial mathematics, as well as on historical flutes.