Francis Su
| Francis Su | |
|---|---|
| Mathematical Association of America|President-Elect of the MAA | |
| Preceded by | Bob Devaney |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | B.S., University of Texas-Austin, 1989 Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995 |
| Website | https://www.math.hmc.edu/~su/ |
Francis Su is an American mathematician. He joined the Harvey Mudd College faculty in 1996, and is currently Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics. Su served as President-Elect of the Mathematical Association of America in 2014, and is expected to become its next president.[1] Su has previously received multiple awards from the MAA, including the Haimo Award for teaching mathematics.[2]
Su received his Ph.D. from Harvard, where his advisor was Persi Diaconis. His research area is combinatorics, and he is particularly known for his work on fair division.
Su's Erdős-Bacon number is 4. His Erdős number is 2, because he has written a paper with Maria Klawe.[3] His Bacon number is also 2, because he appeared as an extra in the movie Blue Like Jazz.
References
- ↑ "Francis Su Elected MAA President"
- ↑ "Francis Su Wins Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching"
- ↑ Maria Klawe, Kathryn L. Nyman, Jacob N. Scott, Francis Edward Su. "Double-interval societies"