John Horton Conway
English mathematician (1937-2020) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 82
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Something wrong?John Horton Conway was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.
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