Torrence Parsons
Torrence Parsons | |
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| Born | Torrence Douglas Parsons 7 March 1941 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 2 April 1987 (aged 46) Butte County, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD) |
| Known for | introducing a graph-theoretic view of pursuit–evasion problems |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Doctoral advisor | Albert W. Tucker |
| Doctoral students | Tomaž Pisanski |
Torrence Douglas Parsons (7 March 1941 – 2 April 1987) was an American mathematician.
He worked mainly in graph theory, and is known for introducing a graph-theoretic view of pursuit–evasion problems (Parsons 1976, 1978). He obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1966 under the supervision of Albert W. Tucker.