Geoffrey Grimmett | |
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Born | Geoffrey Richard Grimmett 20 December 1950[1] Birmingham, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
Spouse |
Rosine Bonay (m. 1986) |
Children | Hugo Grimmett[5] |
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Thesis | Random Fields and Random Graphs (1974) |
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Website | www |
Geoffrey Richard Grimmett FRS[6] OLY (born 20 December 1950)[1] is an English mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory[7][8][9] and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory[10] and the contact process.[11][2] He is the Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and was the Master of Downing College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2018.[12]
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