Alan John Branford

Dr Alan John Branford

Associate Professor in Mathematics (retired)

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Biography

Dr Alan Branford was born at Henley Beach near Adelaide, South Australia, in 1958. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide, graduating Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Master of Science in Mathematics. Alan was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge, U.K., in Applied Probability in 1983. From 1984, he lectured Mathematics and Statistics at Flinders University in Adelaide, retiring as an Associate Professor in 2016.

Academic Publication List

Mathematical Genealogy (118KB pdf document)

Erdős Number

2025 In Review (web | pdf)

	Creative
	Spirituality
	Essays and Lectures

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