Renfrey B. Potts

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Renfrey B. Potts was an Australian mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the Potts model in statistical mechanics.

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instanceOf Australian mathematician
Australian physicist
human
mathematician
physicist
academicAdvisor Cyril Domb NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ising model NERFINISHED
lattice spin models
citizenship Australian
contributedTo applications of combinatorics to physics
theory of random processes
countryOfCitizenship Australia
educatedAt University of Adelaide NERFINISHED
University of Oxford
employer University of Adelaide NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork combinatorics
mathematics
physics
probability theory
statistical mechanics
gender male
hasAcademicDiscipline applied mathematics
theoretical physics
hasAcademicRank professor
hasField operations research
statistical physics
hasName Renfrey B. Potts NERFINISHED
hasNotablePublication paper introducing the Potts model
hasResearchInterest graph theory applications in physics
lattice models in statistical mechanics
phase transitions in physical systems
influenced development of statistical mechanics models
research in phase transitions
knownFor Potts model NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Australian mathematical community
nativeLanguage English
notableIdea generalization of the Ising model
notableStudent Neville Temperley NERFINISHED
notableWork Potts model NERFINISHED
occupation academic
university teacher
placeOfBirth Adelaide NERFINISHED
positionHeld head of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Adelaide
professor of applied mathematics
residence Adelaide NERFINISHED
workLocation Adelaide NERFINISHED

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Potts model introducedBy Renfrey B. Potts