John  Conway

 

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John Horton Conway ´Â theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory, coding theory ºÐ¾ß¿¡¼­ ¿Õ¼ºÇÑ È°µ¿À» ÇÏ´Â ¼öÇÐÀÚÀÌ´Ù.

±×´Â combinatorial game theory ·Î ³Î¸® ¾Ë·ÁÁ® ÀÖÀ¸¸ç game of life ¸¦ ¹ß¸íÇÏ¿´´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ philosopher's football »Ó¸¸¾Æ´Ï¶ó sprouts ¹ß¸íÀÚÁß ÀÏÀÎÀ̸ç Soma cube ¿Í °°Àº ¸¹Àº °ÔÀÓ°ú ÆÛÁñÀ» »ó¼¼È÷ ºÐ¼®ÇÏ°í °³¹ßÇÏ¿´´Ù. ±×´Â ¹ÌÇØ°á ¹®Á¦ÀÎ Angel problem À» ´Ù·ç±âµµ ÇÏ¿´´Ù.

±×´Â ¼ýÀÚÀÇ »õ·Î¿î ½Ã½ºÅÛÀÎ ÃÊÇö½ÇÀûÀÎ ¼ýÀÚµé (surreal numbers) ¸¦ ¹ß¸íÇÏ¿´´Âµ¥, ±×°ÍÀº ¾î¶² °ÔÀÓ°úµµ ¹ÐÁ¢ÇÏ°Ô °ü·ÃµÈ °ÍÀ¸·Î¼­ Donald Knuth ÀÇ ¼öÇмҼ³ (mathematical novel) ÀÇ ÁÖÁ¦¿´¾ú´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ ´ë´ÜÈ÷ Å«¼ö (large number) ¸¦ À§ÇÑ ¸í¸í¹ýÀÎ Conway chained arrow notation À» ¹ß¸íÇß´Ù.

Michael Guy ¿Í ÇÔ²² 1960 ³â´ë Á߹ݿ¡ 64 convex nonprismatic uniform polychora ¸¦ ¼³¸³Çß´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ classification of finite simple groups ¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ÀÛ¾÷À» ÇÏ¿´°í Conway groups ¸¦ ¹ß°ßÇß´Ù. ÀÏÁÖÀÏÀÇ ³¯Â¥¸¦ °è»êÇϱâÀ§ÇÑ Doomsday algorithm À» ¹ß¸íÇß´Ù.

Conway ´Â ÇöÀç Princeton ´ëÇÐÀÇ ¼öÇб³¼öÀ̸ç Cambridge ´ëÇп¡¼­ °øºÎÇß´Ù. 1981 ³â¿¡´Â Royal Society ÀÇ Æç·Î¿ì·Î ¼±ÃâµÇ¾ú´Ù.

±×ÀÇ Àú¼­´Â Atlas of Finite Groups, The Sensual (Quadratic) Form, On Numbers and Games, Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, The Book of Numbers ¸¦ ºñ·ÔÇÏ¿© ¸î±ÇÀÇ Ã¥ÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. ............. (Wikipedia : John Conway)

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John Conway : University of St Andrews