Cecil C. Rousseau

Cecil Clyde Rousseau (born January 13, 1938 in Philadelphia)[1] is a mathematician and author who specializes in graph theory and combinatorics. He is a professor emeritus at The University of Memphis and former chair of the USAMO.[2]

Rousseau received his Ph.D. in 1968 from Texas A&M University.[3]

He has an Erdős number of 1, and is Erdős' 5th most common co-author, with 35 joint papers.[4]

In 2012, Rousseau received the Paul Erdős Award from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.[5]

To his students and colleagues, he's known affectionately as C²R.

References
  1. "Rousseau, Cecil Clyde". American Men & Women of Science. Thomson Gale. 2003. p. 349.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Cecil C. Rousseau at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. Grossman, Jerry, Erdos0p, Version 2015, The Erdős Number Project, Oakland University, USA, July 14, 2015.
  5. http://www.wfnmc.org/erdrousseau.html


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