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Brailey Sims (26/10/1947) Brailey Sims (b. 26/10/1947) is an Australian mathematician who was born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, graduating with BSc(Hons) 1969, and under supervision of J.R. Giles, a PhD 1972. He was in the faculty of the University of New England (Australia) from 1972-1989. In 1990 Brailey took up an appointment at University of Newcastle (Australia) where he was Head of Mathematics 1997-2000. Best known for his work in nonlinear analysis and especially metric fixed point theory and its connection with Banach and metric space geometry, and for his efforts to promote and enhance mathematics at a tertiary level.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
BSc(Hons)-1969

PhD-1972