Dominique de Caen ( – ) was a mathematician, Doctor of Mathematics, and professor of Mathematics, who specialized in

graph theory In mathematics, graph theory is the study of ''graphs'', which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects. A graph in this context is made up of '' vertices'' (also called ''nodes'' or ''points'') which are conne ...

probability Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an Event (probability theory), event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and ...

, and

information theory Information theory is the scientific study of the quantification (science), quantification, computer data storage, storage, and telecommunication, communication of information. The field was originally established by the works of Harry Nyquist a ...

. He is renowned for his research on Turán's extremal problem for

hypergraph In mathematics, a hypergraph is a generalization of a graph in which an edge can join any number of vertices. In contrast, in an ordinary graph, an edge connects exactly two vertices. Formally, an undirected hypergraph H is a pair H = (X,E) wh ...

Career

He studied mathematics at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1977. In 1979, he obtained a Master of Science degree from Queen's University with a thesis on Prime Boolean matrices. In 1982, he earned the Doctorate of Mathematics degree from

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

with a thesis entitled ''On Turán's Hypergraph Problem'' which was supervised by

Eric Mendelsohn Eric Mendelsohn (born November 1, 1964) is an American film director and screenwriter. Biography Two of his films have been screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes: '' Through an Open Window'' in 1992 and ''Judy Berlin'' in 1999., ...

. Most of his academic papers have been published in the journals ''

Discrete Mathematics Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that can be considered "discrete" (in a way analogous to discrete variables, having a bijection with the set of natural numbers) rather than "continuous" (analogously to continuous f ...

'', ''Designs, Codes and Cryptography'', the ''

Journal of Combinatorial Theory The ''Journal of Combinatorial Theory'', Series A and Series B, are mathematical journals specializing in combinatorics and related areas. They are published by Elsevier. ''Series A'' is concerned primarily with structures, designs, and applicat ...

'', and the ''

European Journal of Combinatorics European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

'', among others.

Academic research

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Caen, Dominique 20th-century Canadian mathematicians 1956 births 2002 deaths 21st-century Canadian mathematicians McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of Toronto alumni Graph theorists