David M. Jackson

David M. R. Jackson
NationalityBritish, Canadian
Alma materCambridge University
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo
Doctoral advisorRoger Needham
Doctoral students
Websitewww.math.uwaterloo.ca/~dmjackso/

David M.R. Jackson is a professor at the University of Waterloo in the department of combinatorics and optimization. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1969. Jackson has been responsible for many developments in enumerative combinatorics in his career, as well as being a mathematical consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary Project.[1]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Member of the Academy of Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

With Ian Goulden, Jackson published the book Combinatorial Enumeration.[2][3]

  1. ^ "David M.R. Jackson - C.V." University of Waterloo website.
  2. ^ Gessel, Ira (1985). "Review: Ian P. Goulden and David M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. New Series. 12 (2): 297–301. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1985-15385-6.
  3. ^ Whitehead, Earl Glen Jr. (1984). "Combinatorial Enumeration by Ian P. Goulden and David M. Jackson". SIAM Review. 26 (4): 599. doi:10.1137/1026127.