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Three mathematicians from The University of Western Australia
have been awarded a prestigious national prize for solving a problem
that has perplexed researchers for more than 30 years by Nicholas Smith, Media Officer - Government and Corporate Communications.
Professor Gordon Royle, Associate Professor John Bamberg and Professor Michael Giudici have been awarded the Gavin Brown Prize.
Photo: University News: The University of Western Australia
Professor Michael Giudici, Professor Gordon Royle and Associate Professor John Bamberg from UWA’s School of Mathematics and Statistics received the Gavin Brown Prize for their article Every flock generalized quadrangle has a hemisystem, published in the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society.
The prize, awarded annually by the Australian Mathematical Society, recognises an outstanding and innovative piece of original research in the field of mathematical sciences...
The ground-breaking paper proved the existence of a mathematical concept called hemisystems, after several decades of discussion among the mathematical science community.
Source: University News: The University of Western Australia
