John H. Conway

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British mathematician human mathematician

John H. Conway was a British mathematician renowned for his work in group theory, number theory, and recreational mathematics, including the invention of the cellular automaton "Game of Life."

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instanceOf British mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
almaMater Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
awardReceived Berwick Prize ⓘ
Pólya Prize (LMS) ⓘ
causeOfDeath COVID-19 ⓘ
coAuthor Elwyn R. Berlekamp ⓘ
Richard K. Guy ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-12-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-04-11 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Harold Davenport ⓘ
educatedAt Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName Conway ⓘ
fieldOfWork coding theory ⓘ
combinatorial game theory ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
group theory ⓘ
knot theory ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
recreational mathematics ⓘ
genre mathematical games ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasInfluenced cellular automata research ⓘ
recreational mathematics community ⓘ
knownFor inventing the Game of Life ⓘ
popularizing recreational mathematics ⓘ
work in combinatorial game theory ⓘ
work in finite simple groups ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
middleName Horton ⓘ
notableWork Conway groups ⓘ
Conway notation for knots ⓘ
Conway polynomial ⓘ
Conway’s Game of Sprouts ⓘ
Conway’s topograph ⓘ
Game of Life ⓘ
Look-and-say sequence ⓘ
Monster group construction (with collaborators) ⓘ
On Numbers and Games ⓘ
Surreal numbers ⓘ
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays ⓘ
placeOfBirth Liverpool ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Brunswick, New Jersey ⓘ
positionHeld John von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics ⓘ
Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Game of Life → designer → John H. Conway ⓘ
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Conway groups → discoveredBy → John H. Conway ⓘ
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Japan Prize → hasLaureate → John H. Conway ⓘ
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Conway’s Game of Sprouts → inventor → John H. Conway ⓘ
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Conway notation for knots → namedAfter → John H. Conway ⓘ
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Conway polynomial → namedAfter → John H. Conway ⓘ
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De Morgan Medal → notableRecipient → John H. Conway ⓘ
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