Renfrey Burnard (Ren) Potts AO (1925–2005) was an Australian mathematician and is notable for the Potts model and his achievements in: operations research, especially networks; transportation science, car-following and road traffic; Ising-type models in mathematical physics; difference equations; and robotics. He was interested in computing from the early days of the computing revolution and oversaw the first computer purchases at the University of Adelaide.
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4 October 1925 Adelaide, South Australia
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Died |
9 August 2005 (aged 79) Adelaide, South Australia
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Zodiac | Libra |
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