Ronald J. Gould
Encyclopedia
Ronald J. Gould is a mathematician
specializing in combinatorics
and graph theory
. He is most noted for his work in the area of Hamiltonian graph theory. His book Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: - The Games People Play (ISBN 978-1439801635) won the American Library Association
award for Outstanding Academic Titles, 2010. His Erdős number is 1.
Gould received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Western Michigan University
, under the supervision of Gary Chartrand. He is a professor in the Emory University
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
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....
specializing 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 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...
. He is most noted for his work in the area of Hamiltonian graph theory. His book Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: - The Games People Play (ISBN 978-1439801635) won the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
award for Outstanding Academic Titles, 2010. His Erdős number is 1.
Gould received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
, under the supervision of Gary Chartrand. He is a professor in the Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
External Links
- Ron Gould at Emory University