astronomy

K. B. Reid

K. B. Reid 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 K. B. Reid rather than just read about it. In short: Kenneth Brooks Reid, Jr. is a graph theorist and the founder faculty (Head 1989) professor at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM). He specializes in combinatorial mathematics.

Key takeaways

K. B. Reid belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect K. B. Reid to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of K. B. Reid from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kenneth Brooks Reid, Jr. is a graph theorist and the founder faculty (Head 1989) professor at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM). He specializes in combinatorial mathematics. He is known for his work in tournaments, frequency partitions and aspects of voting theory. He is known (with E. T. Parker) on a disproof of a conjecture on tournaments by Erdős and Moser. He received his Ph.D. on a dissertation called "Structure in Finite Graphs" from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1968, his advisor was E. T. Parker. Reid is a professor emeritus at Louisiana State University (1968–1989) and has guided students for their Ph.D.s at Baton Rouge. He is a professor emeritus at CSUSM.

Selected work [Book] Disproof of a conjecture of Erdos and Moser on tournaments, KB Reid, ET Parker, ILLINOIS UNIV URBANA - 1964 - oai.dtic.mil Domination graphs of tournaments and digraphs, DC Fisher, JR Lundgren, SK Merz, KB Reid - Congressus Numerantium, 1995 - citeseerx.ist.psu.edu Tournaments, K.B. Reid, L. W. Beineke - Selected topics in graph theory, 1978

References

Reid's page at CSUSM K. B. Reid at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with K. B. Reid

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what K. B. Reid 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

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to K. B. Reid before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about K. B. Reid 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 K. B. Reid

In research: K. B. Reid 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 K. B. Reid 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: K. B. Reid is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American mathematician stubs, California State University San Marcos faculty, Graph theorists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for K. B. Reid 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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How to study K. B. Reid in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what K. B. Reid means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain K. B. Reid out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is K. B. Reid in simple terms?

Kenneth Brooks Reid, Jr. is a graph theorist and the founder faculty (Head 1989) professor at California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM). He specializes in combinatorial mathematics.

Why does K. B. Reid matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study K. B. Reid?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on K. B. Reid.