Graham Higman
English mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Donald G. Higman.
Graham Higman FRS[1] (19 January 1917 – 8 April 2008) was a prominent English mathematician known for his contributions to group theory.
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Born | Graham Higman (1917-01-19)19 January 1917 Louth, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 8 April 2008(2008-04-08) (aged 91) Oxford, England |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Known for | Higman group Higman's embedding theorem Higman's lemma HNN extension Higman–Sims group Hall–Higman theorem |
Awards | Senior Berwick Prize (1962) LMS De Morgan Medal (1974) Sylvester Medal (1979) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, Group theory |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Doctoral advisor | J. H. C. Whitehead |
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