W. T. Tutte
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W. T. Tutte was a British-Canadian mathematician and codebreaker renowned for his pivotal role in deciphering the German Lorenz cipher during World War II and for foundational contributions to graph theory and combinatorics.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| W. T. Tutte canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
codebreaker
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combinatorialist ⓘ graph theorist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
FRS
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Officer of the Order of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-05-02 ⓘ |
| doctoralStudent |
C. A. B. Smith
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D. A. Holton NERFINISHED ⓘ J. A. Bondy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Bletchley Park
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University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tutte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
combinatorics
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cryptanalysis ⓘ graph theory ⓘ |
| fullName | William Thomas Tutte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor |
G. H. Hardy
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W. V. D. Hodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | mathematics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
breaking the German Lorenz cipher in World War II
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contributions to combinatorial enumeration ⓘ foundational contributions to modern graph theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Order of Canada
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Tutte connectivity theorem
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Tutte decomposition of graphs NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutte–Berge formula NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutte’s wheel theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Tutte polynomial
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decipherment of the Lorenz cipher ⓘ enumeration of planar maps ⓘ theory of matroids ⓘ work on graph colorings ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Newmarket, Suffolk, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor at University of Toronto
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professor at University of Waterloo ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bletchley Park
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Waterloo, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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