Alicia Boole Stott

Alicia Boole Stott
Born8 June 1860
Died17 December 1940 (1940-12-18) (aged 80)
Middlesex, England
CitizenshipBritish
Known forMathematics
Parents

Alicia Boole Stott (8 June 1860 – 17 December 1940)[1] was a British amateur mathematician. She made a number of contributions to the field and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen.[2] She grasped four-dimensional geometry from an early age, and introduced the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four or more dimensions.[3]

  1. ^ Riddle, Larry, "Alicia Boole Stott", Biographies of Women Mathematicians, Agnes Scott College
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MathsWomen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Coxeter 1973, pp. 258–259.