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Norman Johnson (mathematician)

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This article is about the pure mathematician Norman Johnson. For the statistician, see
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later proved (1969) that Johnson's list was complete, and the set is now known as the
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just before his death on July 13, 2017, and nearly completed his manuscript on
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In 1966, he enumerated 92 convex non-uniform polyhedra with regular faces.
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Norman W. Johnson Endowed Fund in Mathematics and Computer Science
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Johnson earned his undergraduate mathematics degree in 1953 at
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Norman Johnson was born on November 12, 1930 in
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After graduating in 1953, Johnson did 1003:Wheaton College (Massachusetts) faculty 753: 751: 749: 747: 745: 743: 739: 560:"Quadratic Integers and Coxeter Groups" 203:followed by a master's degree from the 278:He completed final edits for his book 661:———— (2012). 418:———— (1966). 359:"Convex polyhedra with regular faces" 223:in 1966 with a dissertation title of 7: 993:20th-century American mathematicians 639:Linear Algebra and Its Applications 536:Linear Algebra and Its Applications 27:American mathematician (1930–2017) 25: 462:The American Mathematical Monthly 459:by Russell V. Benson (review)". 457:Euclidean Geometry and Convexity 49: 857:from the original on 2021-08-30 823:from the original on 2022-05-19 792:from the original on 2022-05-19 677:from the original on 2022-05-20 565:Canadian Journal of Mathematics 364:Canadian Journal of Mathematics 692:Geometries and Transformations 628:————; 595:————; 304:Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 280:Geometries and Transformations 1: 962:Mathematics Genealogy Project 663:"Regular Inversive Polytopes" 653:10.1016/S0024-3795(01)00477-3 550:10.1016/S0024-3795(99)00107-X 531:"Quaternionic modular groups" 998:University of Toronto alumni 512:10.1007/978-1-4612-5648-9_28 209:alternative civilian service 777:10.26493/2590-9770.1231.403 341:London Mathematical Society 168:July 13, 2017) was a 1019: 915:Cambridge University Press 227:under the supervision of 29: 262:'s model building books: 155: 112: 48: 923:10.1017/CBO9780511569371 350:10.1112/jlms/s1-40.1.577 205:University of Pittsburgh 184:Early life and education 164:(November 12, 1930 494:; Sherk, F. 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Johnson 16:(Redirected from 1010: 945: 944: 903: 897: 896: 895: 893: 892: 872: 866: 865: 863: 862: 845:"Johnson solids" 838: 832: 831: 829: 828: 816:Carleton College 807: 801: 800: 798: 797: 779: 755: 728: 726: 725: 685: 683: 682: 657: 655: 646:(1–3): 119–147. 630:Kellerhals, Ruth 624: 597:Kellerhals, Ruth 591: 581: 572:(6): 1307–1336. 554: 552: 525: 486: 448: 446: 445: 436:. Archived from 414: 380: 353: 335:Grünbaum, Branko 330: 320: 260:Magnus Wenninger 241:Victor Zalgaller 229:H. S. M. Coxeter 215:. He earned his 197:Carleton College 167: 150:H. S. M. 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Index

Norman W. Johnson
Norman Lloyd Johnson

Chicago
University of Toronto
Johnson solid
Mathematics
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts
Doctoral advisor
H. S. M. Coxeter
mathematician
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts
Chicago
Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
University of Pittsburgh
alternative civilian service
conscientious objector
PhD
University of Toronto
H. S. M. Coxeter
Victor Zalgaller
Johnson solids
uniform star polyhedra
duals
Magnus Wenninger
uniform polytopes
"A Geometric Model for the Generalized Symmetric Group"

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