R. M. Wilson Explained

R. M. Wilson
Birth Name:Richard Michael Wilson
Birth Date:1945 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Gary, Indiana, US
Field:Combinatorics
Alma Mater:Indiana University (BS)
Ohio State University (MS, PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri
Doctoral Students:Jeff Dinitz
Pierre Baldi

Richard Michael Wilson (23 November 1945) is a mathematician and a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. Wilson and his PhD supervisor Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri, solved Kirkman's schoolgirl problem in 1968.[1] Wilson is known for his work in combinatorial mathematics, as well as on historical flutes.

Education

Wilson was educated at Indiana University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966.[2] followed by a Master of Science degree from Ohio State University in 1968. His PhD, also from Ohio State University was awarded in 1969 for research supervised by Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri.

Career and research

His breakthrough in pairwise balanced designs, and orthogonal Latin squares built upon the groundwork set before him, by R. C. Bose, E. T. Parker, S. S. Shrikhande, and Haim Hanani is widely referenced in combinatorial design theory and coding theory.[3]

Musical career

Wilson is also one of the world's top experts on historical flutes.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ray-Chaudhuri . D. K. . Wilson . Richard M. . Theodore S. . Motzkin . Solution of Kirkman's schoolgirl problem . 314644 . 187–203 . American Mathematical Society . Providence, Rhode Island . Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics . Combinatorics (University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., March 21–22, 1968) . XIX . 1971 . 0248.05009. See reviews by Jane Di Paola (MR) and C. C. Yalavigi (Zbl).
  2. Web site: Richard M. Wilson. cherie. galvez. www.math.caltech.edu.
  3. Preface: Richard M. Wilson, Special issue honoring his 65th birthday. Arasu, KT . Liu, X. . McGuire, G.. Designs, Codes and Cryptography. 1–2. 2012.
  4. Web site: Saenger . Katherine . Rick Wilson And The "Old Flutes" Website . NYCF Newsletter . New York Flute Club . 12 April 2022.