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Philippe Flajolet
Philippe Flajolet (; 1 December 1948 – 22 March 2011) was a French computer scientist.
Biography.
A former student of École Polytechnique, Philippe Flajolet received his Ph.D. in computer science from University Paris Diderot in 1973 and state doctorate from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1979. Most of Philippe Flajolet's research work was dedicated towards general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity. He introduced the theory of analytic combinatorics. With Robert Sedgewick of Princeton University
Combinatorics". CUP, Cambridge 2009,
- "Random tree models in the analysis of algorithms". INRIA, Rocquencourt 1987 (Rapports de recherche; Vol. 729)
- with Andrew Odlyzko: "Singularity analysis of generating functions". University Press, Stanford, Calif. 1988
External links.
- Philippe Flajolet's Home Page
- Philippe Flajolet and Analytic Combinatorics, Conference in the memory of Philippe Flajolet
- Luc Devroye, Philippe Flajolet, 1 December 1948--22 March 2011