John Horton Conway
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 3 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 26,1937 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Liverpool |
| United Kingdom | |
| Known for | Surreal number |
| Conway group | |
| Monstrous moonshine | |
| Parents | Cyril Horton Conway |
| Agnes Boyce | |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Computer scientist | |
| Books | Regular algebra and finite machines |
| On Numbers and Games | |
| Atlas of Finite Groups: Maximal Subgroups and Ordinary Characters for Simple Groups | |
| Sphere packings, lattices, and groups | |
| The book of numbers | |
| The sensual (quadratic) form | |
| On Quaternions and Octonions | |
| The Symmetries of Things | |
| The Triangle Book | |
| ATLAS of Finite Groups | |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize |
| Pólya Prize | |
| Nemmers Prize in Mathematics | |
| Berwick Prize | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | |
| Died | New Brunswick |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Diana Conway |
| Children | Susie Conway |
| Rosie Wayman | |
| Date of died | April 11,2020 |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge | |
| Mathematical Tripos | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 528560 |
John Horton Conway Life story
John Horton Conway FRS was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.
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