Отправлено: 05.11.10 03:44. Заголовок: Перколяция и ее автор

Вся перколяция началась с его публикации 1957 года

John Michael Hammersley. 21 March 1920 — 2 May 2004
Elected FRS 1976

1. Geoffrey Grimmett and
2. Dominic Welsh

+ Author Affiliations

1.
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB3 0WB
UK
2.
Merton College
Oxford OX1 4JD
UK

Abstract

John Hammersley was a pioneer among mathematicians, who defied classification as pure or applied; when introduced to guests at Trinity College, Oxford, he would say he did ‘difficult sums’. He believed passionately in the importance of mathematics with strong links to real–life situations and in a system of mathematical education in which the solution of problems takes precedence over the generation of theory. He will be remembered for his work on percolation theory, subadditive stochastic processes, self–avoiding walks and Monte Carlo methods, and, by those who knew him, for his intellectual integrity and his ability to inspire and to challenge. Quite apart from his extensive research achievements, for which he earned a reputation as an outstanding problem–solver, he was a leader in the movement of the 1950s and 1960s to rethink the content of school mathematics syllabuses.


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