John Britton (mathematician)
For other people of the same name, see John Britton (disambiguation).
John Leslie Britton (November 18, 1927 – June 13, 1994) was an English mathematician from Yorkshire who worked in combinatorial group theory and was an expert on the word problem for groups. Britton was a member of the London Mathematical Society and was Secretary of Meetings and Membership with that organization from 1973-1976.
Britton died in a climbing accident on the Isle of Skye.
References
- Collins, D. J. (1997), "Obituary : John Leslie Britton", Bull. London Math. Soc. 29 (5): 617–621, doi:10.1112/S002460939700297X
External links
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.