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John Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory.
Apr 14, 2020 · John Horton Conway, a legendary mathematician who stood out for his love of games and for bringing mathematics to the masses, died on Saturday, April 11, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from complications related to COVID-19. He was 82.
Dec 28, 2020 · The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life - The New York Times. Fifty years on, the mathematician’s best known (and, to him, least favorite) creation confirms that “uncertainty is the...
Over his long career, John has made significant contributions in a large number of fields, including group theory, number theory, geometry, geometric topology, the theory of games, and theoretical physics. John made major advances in group theory. He was the primary author of the ATLAS of Finite Groups (1986).
May 23, 2020 · John Horton Conway was one of the most versatile mathematicians of the past century, who made influential contributions to group theory, analysis, topology, number theory,...
Dec 22, 2021 · John Conway was without doubt one of the most celebrated British mathematicians of the last half century. He first gained international recognition in 1968 when he constructed the automorphism grou...
Apr 15, 2020 · John Horton Conway, the English-born Princeton mathematician whose body of work ranged from the rigorously highbrow to the frivolously fun, earning him prizes and a reputation as a...
