Robert V. Coleman

Robert F. Coleman 1954–2014

1 Biography Robert F. Coleman, an extraordinarily original and creative mathematician who has had a profound influence on modern number theory and arithmetic geometry, died of a sudden heart attack in El Cerrito, CA, on the morning of March 24, 2014. He is survived by his wife Tessa, his sister Rosalind, and brother Mark, his nephew Jeffrey, and niece Elise, and his service dog Julep. The depth...

Robert V. Cooke

Mr. Robert Cooke formerly Senior Surgeon to the United Bristol Hospitals died on 17th January 1978 at the age of 75. He was born at Berkeley Gloucestershire and educated at the Grammar School at Lydney on the "Opposite side of the Severn Estuary. He entered the University of Bristol to study Chemistry but soon moved to the Faculty of Medicine and qualified in 1926. After house surgeon aPpointme...

Coleman progress

As we mark the centenary of Albert Einstein’s seminal contribution to both quantum mechanics and special relativity, we approach another anniversary — that of Einstein’s foundation of the quantum theory of solids. But 100 years on, the same experimental measurement that puzzled Einstein and his contemporaries is forcing us to question our understanding of how quantum matter transforms at ultra-...

Coleman pages

Estimation of a consistent volatility model of the underlying is crucial for option hedging. The authors illustrate that, compared to the implied/constant volatility method, a local volatility function method can estimate the underlying volatility from option prices more consistently. The result is more accurate hedge parameters and smaller hedging errors. The evidence provided includes an exam...

Thinking with the Coleman Boat