Emeritus Professor Anthony (Tony) GUTTMANN
Emeritus Professor (Associate) / Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Room: G55
- Building: Peter Hall Building
- Campus: Parkville
Research Interests
- Critical Phenomena (phase transitions)
- Exact solutions of lattice models
- Statistical Mechanics
- Enumerative combinatorics
- Mathematical Physics
Research Groups
Publications
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Extra Information
My research interests are in equilibrium statistical mechanics in general, and more particularly in discrete models of phase transitions. As these are often equivalent to a combinatorial problem, I am equally interested in the relevant combinatorics, and the connection between the two. Additionally, I am regularly looking for new ways to count the underlying graphs efficiently. This leads me into a study of algorithmic complexity.
Past Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Nicholas BEATON | "Combinatorics of Lattice Paths and Polygons" |
| Debra BENNETT-WOOD | "Numerical studies of Self-avoiding walks" |
| Yao-ban CHAN | "Selected problems in lattice statistical mechanics" |
| Andrew CONWAY | ""On the behaviour of self-avoiding walks and related problems"" |
| Andrew ELVEY PRICE | ""Selected problems in enumerative combinatorics: Permutation classes, random walks and planar maps."" |
| Will JAMES | "The enumeration of heaps and almost-convex polygons" |
| Andrew RECHNITZER | "Some problems in the counting of lattice animals, polyominoes, polygons and walks" |
| Andrew ROGERS | ""Parallel algorithms for lattice enumeration problems"" |
| Ewa SWIERCZAK | "Numerical problems in statistical mechanics" |
| Marcus VOEGE | ""Topics in Statistical Mechanics: The n-friendly walker model and benzenoid systems"" |
| Jason WHYTE | "Global a priori identifiability of biomolecular interaction models in flow-cell optical biosensor experiments" |
| Henry (Ling Heng) WONG | "Topics on Lattice Models in Statistical Mechanics" |
Past Honours & MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| Robert BURSILL | ""Loop-erased self-avoiding walks"" |
| Mark WASSELL | ""Estimating a critical exponent for the self-avoiding walk"" |
Recent Grant History
| Year(s) | Source | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2016 | ARC | Discovery | Advanced algorithms for statistical mechanical models (080078) |
| 2012 - 2014 | ARC | Discovery | Critical behaviour of lattice models of spin systems |
Awards
| Year | Name | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Member of the Order of Australia (AM) | Commonwealth of Australia |
| 2016 | Certificate as Most Published Author in Journal of Physics A | Institute of Physics |
| 2012 | Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) Medal | Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute |
| 2009 | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics |
| 2007 | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering | Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| 2006 | Szekeres Medal | Australian Mathematical Society |
| 2005 | Lyle Medal | Australian Academy of Science |
| 2004 | B H Neumann Award | Australian Mathematics Trust |
| 2003 | Centenary Medal | Commonwealth of Australia |
| 2002 | Fellow of The Australian Academy of Science | Australian Academy of Science |
| 2000 | Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society | Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1998 | Hannan Medal | Australian Academy of Science |
| 1978 | Fulbright Senior Fellowship | Fulbright Australia |