Jeff Paris (mathematician)

Jeffrey Bruce Paris FBA (/ˈpærɪs/; born 15 November 1944) is a British mathematician and Professor of Logic in the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester.[3][4][5][6][7]

For the musician, see Jeff Paris (musician).

Jeff Paris

FBA
Jeff Paris in Berkeley, California
Born
Jeffrey Bruce Paris

(1944-11-15) 15 November 1944[1]
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known for
ChildrenJasmin Paris
AwardsWhitehead Prize (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical logic
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
ThesisLarge Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis (1969)
Doctoral advisorRobin Gandy[2]
Websiteoldwww.ma.man.ac.uk/~jeff/

Education

Paris gained his doctorate supervised by Robin Gandy at Manchester in 1969 with a dissertation on Large Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.[2]

Research and career

Paris is known for his work on mathematical logic, in particular provability in arithmetic, uncertain reasoning and inductive logic with an emphasis on rationality and common sense principles.

Awards and honours

Paris was awarded the Whitehead Prize in 1983 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1999.[1][8]

Personal life

Paris was married to Malvyn Loraine Blackburn until 1983 when he married Alena Vencovská. He has three sons and three daughters including runner Jasmin Paris.[1]

References
  1. Anon (2007). "Paris, Prof. Jeffrey Bruce". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U30030. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Jeff Paris at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. Paris, J. and Harrington, L.: A mathematical incompleteness in Peano Arithmetic. In Handbook of Mathematical Logic (ed. J. Barwise), pp. 1133–1142. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North-Holland, 1977.
  4. Kirby, L.; Paris, J. (1982). "Accessible Independence Results for Peano Arithmetic" (PDF). Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 14 (4): 285. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.107.3303. doi:10.1112/blms/14.4.285.
  5. Paris J.B.: The uncertain reasoner's companion: a mathematical perspective, Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science 39, Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-46089-1
  6. Paris, J. B.; Kirby, L. A. S. (1978). "Σn-Collection Schemas in Arithmetic". Logic Colloquium '77. Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. Vol. 96. p. 199. doi:10.1016/S0049-237X(08)72003-2. ISBN 9780444851789.
  7. Jeff Paris publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. "Elections to Ordinary Fellowship". Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.



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