Farley, Jonathan
1970-present · Contribution: 1995-present
Pure mathematics — lattice theory and the theory of ordered sets (order theory) — with applied work using order theory in counterterrorism network analysis
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Impact on the world
Won Oxford's top graduate mathematics prizes; solved a 1981 problem of Richard P. Stanley and a 1964 problem of George Gratzer; widely noted for 'Breaking Al Qaeda Cells' (2003), applying order theory to disrupting terrorist networks. A U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Distinguished Scholar (2001-02).
Life & background
African-American mathematician born 1970 in New York City, of Jamaican heritage. BA, Harvard; DPhil, Oxford (1995). Has taught at Vanderbilt, MIT (as an MLK Visiting Professor), the University of the West Indies, Morgan State, and Caltech.
Sources
- Mathematicians of the African Diaspora; Chalkdust; MIT MLK Scholars
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