Alicia Boole Stott

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British mathematician human mathematician

Alicia Boole Stott was a British mathematician known for her pioneering work on four-dimensional polytopes and for extending her father George Boole’s legacy in mathematics.

Aliases (1)

Boole–Stott construction of polytopes ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British mathematician → human → mathematician →
birthName	Alicia Boole →
collaboratedWith	H. S. M. Coxeter →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1860-06-08 →
dateOfDeath	1940-12-17 →
educatedBy	Mary Everest Boole →
era	19th century → 20th century →
familyName	Boole → Stott →
father	George Boole →
fieldOfWork	four-dimensional geometry → geometry → mathematics → polytopes →
gender	female →
givenName	Alicia →
hasNotableRelative	George Boole → Lucy Everest Boole → Mary Everest Boole →
influencedBy	George Boole → Mary Everest Boole →
knownFor	extending George Boole’s mathematical legacy → pioneering work in higher-dimensional geometry → work on four-dimensional polytopes →
language	English →
mother	Mary Everest Boole →
name	Alicia Boole Stott →
nationality	British →
notableAchievement	classified certain semiregular 4-polytopes → gave three-dimensional models of four-dimensional regular polytopes → introduced methods for visualizing 4D polytopes via their 3D sections →
notableConcept	Boole–Stott construction of polytopes →
notableFor	being one of the earliest women to contribute significantly to higher-dimensional geometry →
notableWork	construction and analysis of regular 4-polytopes →
occupation	actuary → mathematician →
placeOfBirth	Cork → Ireland →
placeOfDeath	London →
residence	England → London →
sibling	Lucy Everest Boole →
spouse	Walter Stott →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Boole →	child
Mary Everest Boole →	hasChild
Stott →	hasNotableBearer
Alicia Boole Stott →	name
Alicia Boole Stott ("Boole–Stott construction of polytopes") →	notableConcept