J. A. Todd
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For other people with the same name, see John Todd (disambiguation).
John Arthur Todd FRS[1] (23 August 1908 – 22 December 1994) was an English mathematician who specialised in geometry.
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Born | (1908-08-23)23 August 1908 Liverpool, England |
Died | 22 December 1994(1994-12-22) (aged 86) Croydon, England |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Todd class Todd–Coxeter algorithm Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem Coset enumeration Todd genus Todd polynomials |
Awards | Smith's Prize (1930) Rockefeller Fellowship (1933), Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
Thesis | Grassmannian Varieties / The Conic as a Space Element (1932) |
Doctoral advisor | H.F. Baker |
Doctoral students | Roger Penrose Geoffrey Shephard Christine Hamill[2] |
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