Mary Cartwright

British mathematician (1900-1998) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 97

Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright was a British mathematician. She was one of the pioneers of what would later become known as chaos theory. Along with J. E. Littlewood, Cartwright saw many solutions to a problem which would later be seen as an example of the butterfly effect.

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1998Died3 April 19981969Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1968De Morgan MedalAward1964Sylvester MedalAward1947Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1900Born17 December 1900