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Guillermo Owen

Guillermo Owen is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Guillermo Owen rather than just read about it. In short: Guillermo Owen (born 1938) is a Colombian mathematician, and professor of applied mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, known for his work in game theory. He is also the son of the Mexican poet and diplomat Gilberto Owen.

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Reference excerpt

Guillermo Owen (born 1938) is a Colombian mathematician, and professor of applied mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, known for his work in game theory. He is also the son of the Mexican poet and diplomat Gilberto Owen.

Biography Guillermo Owen was born May 4, 1938, in Bogotá, Colombia, and obtained a B.S. degree from Fordham University in 1958, and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University under the guidance of Dr. Harold Kuhn in 1962. Owen has taught at Fordham University (1961–1969), Rice University (1969–1977) and Los Andes University in Colombia (1978–1982, 2008), apart from having given lectures in many universities in Europe and Latin America. He is currently holding the position of Distinguished Professor of applied mathematics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Owen is member of the Colombian Academy of Sciences, The Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Barcelona, and the Third World Academy of Sciences. He is associate editor of International Journal of Game Theory, and fellow of the International Game Theory Society.

Honors and awards The Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla of Cartagena gave him an honorary degree of Naval Science Professional in June 2004. Owen was named Honorary President of the XIV Latin Ibero American Congress on Operations Research - CLAIO 2008. Cartagena, Colombia, September 2008. The university of Lower Normandy, in Caen, France, gave him an honorary doctorate in October 2017.

Publications Owen has authored, translated and/or edited thirteen books, and approximately one hundred and forty papers published in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, International Journal of Game Theory, American Political Science Review, and Mathematical Programming, among others. Owen's books include:

1968. Game theory. Academic Press 1970. Finite mathematics and calculus; mathematics for the social and management sciences. With M. Evans Munroe. 1983. Information pooling and group decision making : proceedings of the Second University of California, Irvine, Conference on Political Economy. Edited with Bernard Grofman. 1999. Discrete mathematics and game theory. 2001. Power indices and coalition formation. Edited with Manfred J. Holler.

References

External links Biography. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Guillermo Owen

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Guillermo Owen claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Guillermo Owen ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Guillermo Owen

In research: Guillermo Owen appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Guillermo Owen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Guillermo Owen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1938 births, 20th-century Colombian mathematicians, 21st-century Colombian mathematicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Guillermo Owen outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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