Mathematician:Mathematicians/Sorted By Nation/Australia
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- The army of those who have made at least one definite contribution to mathematics as we know it soon becomes a mob as we look back over history; 6,000 or 8,000 names press forward for some word from us to preserve them from oblivion, and once the bolder leaders have been recognised it becomes largely a matter of arbitrary, illogical legislation to judge who of the clamouring multitude shall be permitted to survive and who be condemned to be forgotten.
- -- Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics, 1937, Victor Gollancz, London
Australia
William Fleetwood Sheppard $($$\text {1863}$ – $\text {1936}$$)$
Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory.
Known in particular for the eponymous Sheppard's corrections.
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Charles Ernest Weatherburn $($$\text {1884}$ – $\text {1974}$$)$
Australian mathematician best known for his work in vector analysis.
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Edwin James George Pitman $($$\text {1897}$ – $\text {1993}$$)$
Australian mathematician who made significant contributions to statistics and probability theory.
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Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran $($$\text {1917}$ – $\text {1988}$$)$
Australian statistician who established some significant results in probability.
The Moran medal was named in his honour.
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Ronald Newbold Bracewell $($$\text {1921}$ – $\text {2007}$$)$
Australian mathematical physicist who designed and developed microwave radar equipment, and later engaged in ionospheric research.
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Geoffrey Stuart Watson $($$\text {1921}$ – $\text {1998}$$)$
Australian statistician who worked in applications of statistics.
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Gordon Elliott Wall $($$\text {b. 1925}$$)$
Australian mathematician whose interests are in algebra and group theory.
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Anthony Greville Shannon $($$\text {b. 1938}$$)$
Australian mathematician specialising in number theory.
Known for publishing widely on the Fibonacci numbers.
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Richard Peirce Brent $($$\text {b. 1946}$$)$
Australian mathematician and computer scientist, whose research interests include number theory (in particular factorisation), random number generators, computer architecture, and analysis of algorithms.
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Christopher David Godsil $($$\text {b. 1949}$$)$
Australian mathematician, whose interests include algebraic graph theory, combinatorics and optimization.
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Peter M. Higgins $($$\text {b. 1956}$$)$
Australian mathematician specialising in algebraic semigroups.
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Gordon F. Royle $($$\text {b. 1962}$$)$
Australian mathematician specialising in algebraic graph theory.
Involved in research into the game of Sudoku.
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Terence Chi-Shen Tao $($$\text {b. 1975}$$)$
Australian all-rounder widely regarded as one of the greatest living mathematicians.
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Matthew Thomas Parker $($$\text {b. 1980}$$)$
Australian recreational mathematician, author, comedian, YouTube personality and science communicator.
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Lily Serna $($$\text {b. 1986}$$)$
Australian mathematician and TV presenter also known for her work as a data analyst.
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