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 lissafi
* 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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