Richard P. Stanley

For other people named Richard Stanley, see Richard Stanley (disambiguation).
Richard P. Stanley
Stanley in Oberwolfach, 1996
Born (1944-06-23) June 23, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
Thesis Ordered structures and partitions  (1971)
Doctoral advisorGian-Carlo Rota
Doctoral students
Websitemath.mit.edu/~rstan

Richard Peter Stanley (born June 23, 1944) is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar at the University of Miami. From 2000 to 2010, he was the Norman Levinson Professor of Applied Mathematics.[1] He received his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1971 under the supervision of Gian-Carlo Rota.[2] He is an expert in the field of combinatorics and its applications to other mathematical disciplines.[3]

  1. ^ Stanley, Richard (2017). "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ^ Richard P. Stanley at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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