astronomy

Ralph Faudree

Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree rather than just read about it. In short: Ralph Jasper Faudree (August 23, 1939 – January 13, 2015) was a mathematician, a professor of mathematics and the former provost of the University of Memphis. Faudree was born in Durant, Oklahoma.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Ralph Jasper Faudree (August 23, 1939 – January 13, 2015) was a mathematician, a professor of mathematics and the former provost of the University of Memphis. Faudree was born in Durant, Oklahoma. He did his undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Baptist University, graduating in 1961, and received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Purdue University under the supervision of Eugene Schenkman (1922–1977). Faudree was an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley and an assistant professor at the University of Illinois before joining the Memphis State University faculty as an associate professor in 1971. Memphis State became renamed as the University of Memphis in 1994, and Faudree was appointed as provost in 2001. Faudree specialized in combinatorics, and specifically in graph theory and Ramsey theory. He published more than 200 mathematical papers on these topics together with such notable mathematicians as Béla Bollobás, Stefan Burr, Paul Erdős, Ron Gould, András Gyárfás, Brendan McKay, Cecil Rousseau, Richard Schelp, Miklós Simonovits, Joel Spencer, and Vera Sós. He was the 2005 recipient of the Euler Medal for his contributions to combinatorics. His Erdős number was 1: he cowrote 50 joint papers with Paul Erdős beginning in 1976 and was among the three mathematicians who most frequently co-authored with Erdős.

Selected publications Faudree, R. J. (1966). "Subgroups of the multiplicative group of a division ring". Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 124: 41–48. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1966-0201508-9. MR 0201508. Faudree, R. (1967). "Embedding theorems for ascending nilpotent groups". Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 18: 148–154. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1967-0206105-3. MR 0206105. Faudree, Ralph (1968). "A note on the automorphism group of a p-group". Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (6): 1379–1382. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1968-0248224-2. MR 0248224. Faudree, R. J. (1969). "Locally finite and solvable groups of sfields". Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (2): 407–413. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1969-0244310-2. MR 0244310. Faudree, R. (1971). "Groups in which each element commutes with its endomorphic images". Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (2): 236–240. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1971-0269737-3. MR 0269737.

References

External links Archived version of the professional webpage

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ralph Faudree

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree

In research: Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree 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: Ralph Faudree is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1939 births, 2015 deaths, 20th-century American mathematicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ralph Faudree 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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Frequently asked questions

What is Ralph Faudree in simple terms?

Ralph Jasper Faudree (August 23, 1939 – January 13, 2015) was a mathematician, a professor of mathematics and the former provost of the University of Memphis. Faudree was born in Durant, Oklahoma.

Why does Ralph Faudree 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 Ralph Faudree?

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.

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