Svante Janson
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Carl Svante Janson[2] (born 21 May 1955) is a Swedish mathematician. A member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1994, Janson has been the chaired professor of mathematics at Uppsala University since 1987.
Svante Janson | |
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Born | (1955-05-21) 21 May 1955 (age 68) |
Citizenship | Swedish |
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Known for | Janson's inequality[1] (probability) Random graphs (Hoeffding decomposition & U-statistics) "Birth of the giant component" (with coauthors) |
Awards | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) 1978 Sparre Award (KVA) Royal Scientific Society of Uppsala 1994 Göran Gustafsson prize 2009 Gårding prize (Royal Physiological Society, Lund) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematical analysis Mathematical statistics |
Institutions | Uppsala University (1980–1984, 1985–present) Mittag-Leffler Institute (1978–1980) University of Chicago (1980–1981) Stockholm University (1984–1985) |
Doctoral advisor | Lennart Carleson (mathematics, 1977) Carl-Gustav Esseen (mathematical statistics, 1984) |
In mathematical analysis, Janson has publications in functional analysis (especially harmonic analysis) and probability theory. In mathematical statistics, Janson has made contributions to the theory of U-statistics.[3][4] In combinatorics, Janson has publications in probabilistic combinatorics, particularly random graphs and in the analysis of algorithms: In the study of random graphs, Janson introduced U-statistics and the Hoeffding decomposition.[5]