J. A. Todd

J. A. Todd
Born(1908-08-23)23 August 1908
Liverpool, England
Died22 December 1994(1994-12-22) (aged 86)
Croydon, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forTodd class
Todd–Coxeter algorithm
Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem
Coset enumeration
Todd genus
Todd polynomials
AwardsSmith's Prize (1930)
Rockefeller Fellowship (1933), Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Thesis Grassmannian Varieties / The Conic as a Space Element  (1932)
Doctoral advisorH.F. Baker
Doctoral studentsRoger Penrose
Geoffrey Shephard
Christine Hamill[2]

John Arthur Todd FRS[1] (23 August 1908 – 22 December 1994) was an English mathematician who specialised in geometry.

  1. ^ a b Atiyah, M. (1996). "John Arthur Todd. 23 August 1908-22 December 1994". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 42: 482–494. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0029.
  2. ^ "Christine Hamill - Biography".