Renfrey Potts

Renfrey Burnard (Ren) Potts AO (1925-2005) masanin lissafi ne na Australiya kuma sananne ne ga samfurin Potts da nasarorin da ya samu a: bincike na ayyukan, musamman cibiyoyin sadarwa; kimiyyar sufuri, bin mota da zirga-zirgar hanya; samfuran Ising-type a cikin ilimin lissafi; bambancin lissafi; da robotics. Yana da sha'awar lissafi daga farkon kwanakin juyin juya halin lissafi kuma ya kula da sayen kwamfuta na farko a Jami'ar Adelaide.

 Na Mutum 
Yaro na huɗu na Gilbert MacDonald Potts da Lorna Potts (née West), mai suna bayan abokiyar iyali kuma likitan likita Renfrey Gershom Burnard, Potts ya yi karatu a Makarantar Firamare ta Rose Park da Kwalejin Prince Alfred, inda mahaifinsa ya kasance Jagora na biyu. Potts ya kasance fitaccen malami wanda ya jawo manyan masu sauraro zuwa jawabinsa. Baya ga lissafi, yana da sha'awar wasanni da kiɗa. Ayyukansa na wasanni sun haɗa da tseren nesa da marathon, hockey, tennis, squash, badminton, bushwalking, da iyo. Ya buga piano da clarinet kuma ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa a gidan rediyo na gida. Ya auri Barbara Kidman [1] a Oxford [2] a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1950 [3] Suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu, Linda da Rebecca. Sun kuma sami jikoki huɗu, Frank, Zoe, Jack da Georgia.

 Takaitaccen Bayani 

 1925 An haife shi: 4 ga Oktoba 1925 Adelaide, Kudancin Australia, Australia
 1930-1936 Makarantar Firamare ta Rose Park
 1937-1942 Kwalejin Yarima Alfred
 1943-1947 Jami'ar Adelaide Bachelor of Science (Kwarewar aji na farko a lissafi) 
 1948 Rhodes Scholar, Kwalejin Sarauniya, Oxford 
 1949 Barbara Kidman  ta kammala karatu tare da girmamawa na farko a fannin kimiyyar lissafiDr Barbara Kidman was a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Adelaide. After graduating in 1949 with first class Honours in Physics ("the first woman to do so" (Presumably, the first woman at the University of Adelaide.)), she devoted 6 years to full-time research at the Oxford University before returning to Adelaide and being awarded a PhD in 1956 ("one of the first two women to achieve this" (Again, presumably, the first at the University of Adelaide.)). Following a 9-year interruption, Dr Kidman returned to work in 1966 in what was then the very new field of computing and completed 20 years of work in this industry before retiring in 1987. Dr Kidman's publications include "Paper tape and punched cards: The early history of computing and computing science at the University of Adelaide", 1999,  .
 1949-1951 D Phil, (Oxford), Dissertation: Binciken Lissafi na Wasu Abubuwan Haɗin Kai, Mai ba da shawara: Cyril Domb 
 1950 Ya auri Barbara Kidman  a Oxford  a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1950
 1951-1957 Malami a cikin Lissafi a Jami'ar Adelaide
 1955-1956 Masanin kimiyya na postdoctoral a Jami'ar Maryland, Amurka
 1956 Barbara Kidman  ta sami lambar yabo ta PhD
 1957-1959 Mataimakin Farfesa a Jami'ar Toronto a Kanada
 1958-1959 Mai ba da shawara ga Janar Motors a Detroit
 1959 An ba shi lambar yabo ta Lanchester don bincike a cikin bincike na aiki
 1959 An nada shi a sabon kujera a cikin lissafi mai amfani a Jami'ar Adelaide
 1959-1990 Farfesa, Shugaban kuma sanannen malami na lissafi a Jami'ar Adelaide
 1966 Dokta Kidman  ya koma ma'aikata a matsayin malami a (sa'an nan) sabon yanki na Kimiyya ta Kwamfuta
 1968 Doctor of Science (DSc) da aka karɓa daga Jami'ar Oxford
 1975 ɗan ƙungiyar Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Australiya (FAA) 
 1976 An nada shi (Sir Thomas) Babban Farfesa na LissafiTsohon Farfesa na Lissafi
 Shugaban Gidauniyar Kudancin Kudancin Australia (wanda ya fara Kudancin Australian Computer Society). An san shi a matsayin wanda ya kafa Australian Computer Society, kuma an zabe shi Fellow na wannan al'umma (FACS).
 1978-9 shugaban, Sashen Lissafi na Ƙididdigar Ƙididdigal na Ƙungiyar Lissafi ta Australiya (mahaifin ANZIAM) 
 1983 Fellow na Kwalejin Kimiyya da Injiniya ta Australiya (FTSE) 
 1987 Dokta Kidman  ya yi ritaya
 1990 Farfesa Potts ya yi ritaya
 1991 Farfesa Emeritus na lissafi mai amfani a Jami'ar Adelaide
 1991 Jami'in Order of Australia (AO) 
 1991-1993 Bayan ya yi ritaya daga Adelaide, ya koyar a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Kasa ta Singapore na tsawon watanni uku.
 1994 Fellow na Australian Mathematical Society (FAustMS) 
 1995 Mai karɓar lambar yabo ta ANZAAS (Australian da New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) 
 1995 An ba da lambar yabo ta ANZIAM ta farko  
 2001 Centenary Medal  da aka karɓa daga Gwamnatin Australiya
 2004 An shigar da shi cikin Pearcey Hall of Fame (The Pearcey Foundation) 
 2005 Ya mutu: 9 ga Agusta 2005 Adelaide, Kudancin Australia, Australia.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2005
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1925