Graham Brightwell
British mathematician
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Graham Brightwell is a British mathematician working in the field of discrete mathematics.[1][2]
Graham Brightwell | |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Discrete Mathematics |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | London School of Economics |
| Doctoral advisor | Béla Bollobás |
A professor at the London School of Economics, he has published nearly 100 papers in pure mathematics, including over a dozen with Béla Bollobás. His research interests include random combinatorial structures; partially ordered sets; algorithms; random graphs; discrete mathematics and graph theory.[3][4] (Bollobás supervised his PhD on "Linear Extensions of Partially Ordered Sets" at Cambridge, awarded 1988.[5])
Othello
Brightwell started playing Othello in 1985, after finding himself sharing an apartment with fellow mathematician and Othello player Imre Leader.[6] He has finished three times as runner-up in the World Othello Championship and is a 5-time British Champion, and has served as chairman of the British Othello Federation and as editor of the British Othello Newsletter.[7][8] He created the Brightwell Quotient, often used in Othello tournaments, to resolve ties.[citation needed]
