On the Shape of Things

Event Detail

Event type: Lonseth Lecture
Date/Time: 05/19/1992-12:00   

Speaker info

Speaker: John Horton Conway, Princeton University

Abstract:
Conway is recognized for his studies in combinatorics and group theory, which is the branch of algebra that studies the properties of symmetries of figures, and how you can go from one symmetry to another. Conway has made some major an fundamental discoveries in this field.