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Thomas Zaslavsky

Thomas Zaslavsky 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 Thomas Zaslavsky rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Zaslavsky (born 1944) is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics. Zaslavsky's mother Claudia Zaslavsky was a high school mathematics teacher and ethnomathematician from New York, and his father Sam Zaslavsky was an electrical engineer from Manhattan.

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Reference excerpt

Thomas Zaslavsky (born 1944) is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics. Zaslavsky's mother Claudia Zaslavsky was a high school mathematics teacher and ethnomathematician from New York, and his father Sam Zaslavsky was an electrical engineer from Manhattan. Thomas Zaslavsky graduated from the City College of New York. He studied arrangement of hyperplanes with Curtis Greene at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a Ph.D. in 1974. In 1975, the American Mathematical Society published his doctoral thesis. Zaslavsky has been a professor of mathematics at Binghamton University since 1985. He has published papers on matroid theory, hyperplane arrangements, coding theory, lattice point counting, and Sperner theory. He has also made available a bibliography on signed graphs and their applications.

Select publications Zaslavsky, Thomas (2015). "Bibliography, glossary, and problem list for signed, gained, and biased graphs". Binghamton University. Zaslavsky, Thomas (2003). "Faces of a hyperplane arrangement enumerated by ideal dimension, with application to plane, plaids, and Shi". Geometriae Dedicata. 98: 63–80. doi:10.1023/A:1024029318990. Seymour, P. D.; Zaslavsky, Thomas (June 1984). "Averaging sets: a generalization of mean values and spherical designs". Advances in Mathematics. 52 (3): 213–240. doi:10.1016/0001-8708(84)90022-7. Greene, Curtis; Zaslavsky, Thomas (1983). "On the interpretation of Whitney numbers through arrangements of hyperplanes, zonotopes, non-Radon partitions, and orientations of graphs". Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 280 (1): 97–126. doi:10.2307/1999604. JSTOR 1999604. MR 0712251. Zaslavsky, Thomas (1975). Facing up to Arrangements: Face-count Formulas for Partitions of Space by Hyperplanes. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. Vol. 1. doi:10.1090/memo/0154.

References

Thomas Zaslavsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Thomas Zaslavsky's homepage Microsoft academic search

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thomas Zaslavsky

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thomas Zaslavsky 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 Thomas Zaslavsky 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 Thomas Zaslavsky

In research: Thomas Zaslavsky 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 Thomas Zaslavsky 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: Thomas Zaslavsky is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1945 births, Binghamton University faculty, Graph theorists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thomas Zaslavsky 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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