Native name Jeffrey Bruce Paris Doctoral advisor Robin Gandy Fields Mathematical logic | Role Mathematician Name Jeff Paris | |
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Born 15 November 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-11-15 ) Institutions University of Manchester Thesis Large Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis (1969) Doctoral students Richard Booth
Costas Dimitracopoulos
Lee Hill
Marcus Hill
Hykel Hosni
Richard Kaye
Malte Klies
Kevin Knight
Ian Maung
Chris Nix
Soroush Rafiee Rad Known for Paris–Harrington theorem
Kirby–Paris theorem Notable awards Whitehead Prize (1983)
FBA (1999) | ||
Institution University of Manchester | ||
Jeffrey Bruce "Jeff" Paris (; born 15 November 1944) is a British mathematician and Professor of Logic in the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester.
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Education
Paris gained his doctorate under Robin Gandy at Manchester in 1969 with a dissertation entitled Large Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.
Research
Paris is known for his work on mathematical logic, in particular provability in arithmetic, uncertain reasoning and inductive logic with an emphasis on rationality and common sense principles.
Awards and honours
Paris was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1999.
References
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