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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.
May 22, 2020 · John Horton Conway, renowned mathematician of legendary creativity, died on 11 April at age 82. Conway's playful approach to mathematics is visible in his game-changing contributions to a wide variety of mathematical fields.
- Matt Baker
- 2020
Apr 23, 2020 · John Horton Conway, who has died aged 82 after contracting Covid-19, was one of the most prolific and charismatic British mathematicians of the 20th century.
- Colm Mulcahy
Apr 13, 2020 · Mathematician and Princeton University John von Neumann Professor Emeritus John Horton Conway died April 11 of coronavirus at his home in New Jersey. He was 82. Princeton neuroscience scientist Sam Wang tweeted that Conway's fever started on the morning of Wednesday April 8; three days later, he died.
Colm was fortunate to spend quality time with the late John H. Conway (1937-2020) about a dozen times between April 1995 (when JHC visited Spelman College) and August 2017 (at MoMath's MOVES conference in NYC), taking in a July 1999 trip to Glendalough (Ireland) along the way.
Horton Conway was one of the most versatile mathematicians of the past century, who made influential con-tributions to group theory, analysis, topology, number theory, geometry, algebra and...
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May 22, 2020 · ohn Horton Conway, renowned math-ematician of legendary creativity, died on 11 April at age 82. Conway’s playful approach to mathematics is visible in his game-changing contribu-tions to a wide variety of mathemati-cal fields. Conway was also a celebrated and gifted educator whose enthusiasm, charisma, and inventiveness captured the public’s
