Steve Butler (mathematician)
Steven Kay Butler (born May 16, 1977) is an American mathematician specializing in graph theory and combinatorics. He is a Morrill Professor and the Barbara J. Janson Professor in Mathematics at Iowa State University.
Education and career
[edit]Butler earned his master's degree at Brigham Young University in 2003. His master's thesis was titled Bounding the Number of Graphs Containing Very Long Induced Paths.[1] He completed a doctorate at the University of California, San Diego in 2008, authoring the dissertation Eigenvalues and Structures of Graphs, advised by Fan Chung.[2][3] Upon completing his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Butler joined the Iowa State University faculty in 2011.[4][5] In 2015, Butler became the 512th (and so far final) person to have an Erdős number of 1, when he published a paper with Paul Erdős and Ronald Graham on Egyptian fractions.[6] In 2017, Butler was named the Barbara J. Janson Professor in Mathematics,[4] and to a Morrill Professorship in 2022.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Butler, Steven Kay (February 7, 2003). Bounding the Number of Graphs Containing Very Long Induced Paths (Master's thesis). Brigham Young University. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ Steve Butler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Butler, Steven Kay (2008). Eigenvalues and Structures of Graphs (PDF) (Thesis). University of California, San Diego. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ a b "Steve Butler receives Barbara J. Janson Professorship in Mathematics". Iowa State University. September 19, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ^ Bundlong, Jeff (November 3, 2022). "Walking to work: Good for the sole". Iowa State University. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ Roberts, Siobhan (December 10, 2015). "New Erdős Paper Solves Egyptian Fraction Problem". Simons Foundation.
- ^ "More than 60 faculty and staff honored with university awards". Iowa State University. April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
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