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Ronald Gould (mathematician)

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Ronald Gould
Ronald Gould in 2019 at the Mississippi Discrete Mathematics Workshop
Born
Ronald James Gould

(1950-04-15) April 15, 1950 (age 74)
Other namesRon Gould
Alma mater
  • Western Michigan University (Ph.D.)
  • State University of New York at Fredonia (B.S.)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsEmory University
Thesis Traceability in Graphs  (1979)
Doctoral advisorGary Chartrand
Websitehttps://www.math.emory.edu/~rg/

Ronald James Gould (born April 15, 1950) is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. He is a Goodrich C. White professor emeritus in the Emory University Department of Mathematics.

Education and career

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After attending SUNY Fredonia for his undergraduate degree, Gould received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Western Michigan University. His thesis was titled Traceability in Graphs, and was completed under the supervision of Gary Chartrand.[1][2] He spent a short period as a lecturer at San Jose State University in 1978 and 1979, then moved to Emory University in 1979. He was named to the Goodrich C. White professorship in 2001, and retired in 2016.[3]

Gould is most noted for his work in the area of Hamiltonian graph theory.[4] He is the author of the book Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play (2010).[5]

References

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  1. ^ Ronald J. Gould at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Traceability in Graphs (PhD thesis). ProQuest 302945071.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vita" (PDF). Ron Gould's homepage. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Gould, Ronald J. (2013). "Recent Advances on the Hamiltonian Problem: Survey III". Graphs and Combinatorics. 30 (1): 1–46. doi:10.1007/s00373-013-1377-x. ISSN 0911-0119. MR 3143857. S2CID 33743372.
  5. ^ Reviews of Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling:
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