James Oxley
James G. Oxley is an Australian–American mathematician, Boyd Professor of Mathematics at Louisiana State University.[1] He is known for his expertise in matroid theory and graph theory.
Oxley did his undergraduate studies in Australia,[2] and earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1978, under the supervision of Dominic Welsh.[3] He joined the Louisiana State University faculty in 1982.[2]
Oxley is the author of the book Matroid Theory (Oxford University Press, 1992).
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]
References[]
- ^ LSU Mathematician Named Boyd Professor Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Louisiana State University, December 7, 2012, retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Brief vita, retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ James G. Oxley at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-03-20.
Categories:
- Living people
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Australian mathematicians
- Graph theorists
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Louisiana State University faculty
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society