Jonathan Partington

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Jonathan Partington
Operator Theory, Control theory
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds
Doctoral advisorBéla Bollobás

Jonathan Richard Partington (born 4 February 1955) is an English mathematician who is Emeritus Professor of pure mathematics at the University of Leeds.

Education

Professor Partington was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he completed his PhD thesis entitled "Numerical ranges and the Geometry of Banach Spaces" under the supervision of Béla Bollobás.

Career

Partington works in the area of

Journal of the London Mathematical Society, a position he held jointly with his Leeds colleague John Truss
.

Partington's extra-mathematical activities include the invention of the March March march, an annual walk starting at

University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. These are still available on the IF Archive
.

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