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Alfred Kempe

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in 1881. He was Treasurer and vice-president of the Royal Society 1899–1919. He was a president of the
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and published his influential lectures on the subject. In 1879 Kempe wrote his famous "proof" of the
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which presented a procedure for constructing a linkage that traces an arbitrary algebraic
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was flawed, the first complete proof was provided in 2002, based on his ideas.
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Kempe (1886) revealed a rather marked philosophical bent, and much influenced
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How to draw a straight line; a lecture on linkages, London: Macmillan and Co.
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On a General Method of describing Plane Curves of the nth degree by Linkwork.
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On a General Method of describing Plane Curves of the nth degree by Linkwork,
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in 1890. Much later, his work led to fundamental concepts such as the
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A. B. Kempe, (1886) "A memoir on the theory of mathematical form,"
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Universality theorems for configguration spaces of planar linkages
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Automatic generation of Kempe Linkages for Algebraic Curves.
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From the Cornell University archives: A. B. Kempe (1877)
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
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The Sylvester–Kempe Inversor draws a straight line.
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Millson (2002), 309:His first wife was Mary, daughter of 7: 583:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 134:(6 July 1849 – 21 April 1922) was a 558:20th-century English mathematicians 553:19th-century English mathematicians 481:Works by or about Alfred Bray Kempe 154:Kempe was the son of the Rector of 25: 351:Proceedings of the Royal Society. 302:from 1892 to 1894. He was also a 217:In 1876 he published his article 27:British mathematician (1849–1922) 311:Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet 252:In 1877 Kempe discovered a new 331:"Kempe, Alfred Bray (KM867AB)" 1: 156:St James's Church, Piccadilly 578:Fellows of the Royal Society 404:Geometric Folding Algorithms 235:Kempe's universality theorem 104:Kempe's universality theorem 522:, London: Macmillan and Co. 438:, London: Macmillan and Co. 335:A Cambridge Alumni Database 300:London Mathematical Society 138:best known for his work on 118:Fellow of the Royal Society 604: 337:. University of Cambridge. 172:Trinity College, Cambridge 29: 588:English mountain climbers 384:Topology, Pergamon Press. 306:, mostly in Switzerland. 237:. While Kempe's proposed 48: 518:26 November 2016 at the 506:University of St Andrews 434:26 November 2016 at the 262:Sylvester–Kempe Inversor 168:St Paul's School, London 108:Sylvester-Kempe inversor 30:Not to be confused with 467:. Princeton Univ. Press 367:7 December 2016 at the 281:Charles Sanders Peirce 276:and unavoidable sets. 249: 186:, specialising in the 461:Ivor Grattan-Guinness 268:, shown incorrect by 258:Quadruplanar inversor 254:straight line linkage 247: 206:and he was elected a 166:. He was educated at 129:Sir Alfred Bray Kempe 492:Robertson, Edmund F. 347:A. B. Kempe, (1876) 290:Kempe was elected a 204:University of Durham 170:and then studied at 160:Sir John Arrow Kempe 490:O'Connor, John J.; 427:A. B. Kempe (1877) 266:four colour theorem 144:four colour theorem 250: 188:ecclesiastical law 164:Harry Robert Kempe 414:978-0-521-71522-5 360:A. Saxena (2011) 196:Diocese of London 126: 125: 74:, London, England 32:Alfred John Kempe 18:Alfred Bray Kempe 16:(Redirected from 595: 508: 485:Internet Archive 468: 458: 452: 445: 439: 425: 419: 417: 399:O'Rourke, Joseph 391: 385: 378: 372: 358: 352: 345: 339: 338: 327: 304:mountain climber 231:algebraic curves 122: 86: 67: 65: 53: 43:Sir Alfred Kempe 39: 21: 603: 602: 598: 597: 596: 594: 593: 592: 573:Graph theorists 543: 542: 520:Wayback Machine 489: 477: 472: 471: 459: 455: 446: 442: 436:Wayback Machine 426: 422: 415: 393: 392: 388: 379: 375: 369:Wayback Machine 359: 355: 346: 342: 329: 328: 324: 319: 152: 120: 106: 102: 91: 90:London, England 88: 84: 75: 69: 63: 61: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 601: 599: 591: 590: 585: 580: 575: 570: 565: 560: 555: 545: 544: 541: 540: 535: 529: 523: 509: 496:"Alfred Kempe" 487: 476: 475:External links 473: 470: 469: 453: 440: 420: 413: 386: 373: 353: 340: 321: 320: 318: 315: 233:is now called 151: 148: 124: 123: 115: 111: 110: 97: 96:Known for 93: 92: 89: 87:(aged 72) 81: 77: 76: 70: 59: 55: 54: 46: 45: 42: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 600: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 571: 569: 566: 564: 561: 559: 556: 554: 551: 550: 548: 539: 536: 534: 530: 528: 524: 521: 517: 514: 510: 507: 503: 502: 497: 493: 488: 486: 482: 479: 478: 474: 466: 462: 457: 454: 450: 444: 441: 437: 433: 430: 424: 421: 416: 410: 406: 405: 400: 396: 395:Demaine, Erik 390: 387: 383: 377: 374: 370: 366: 363: 357: 354: 350: 344: 341: 336: 332: 326: 323: 316: 314: 312: 307: 305: 301: 297: 296:Royal Society 293: 288: 286: 282: 277: 275: 271: 270:Percy Heawood 267: 263: 259: 255: 246: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 215: 213: 209: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 177: 176:Arthur Cayley 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 149: 147: 145: 141: 137: 136:mathematician 133: 130: 119: 116: 112: 109: 105: 101: 98: 94: 83:21 April 1922 82: 78: 73: 60: 56: 52: 47: 40: 37: 33: 19: 499: 464: 456: 448: 443: 423: 403: 389: 376: 356: 343: 334: 325: 308: 289: 278: 261: 251: 218: 216: 212:Inner Temple 153: 128: 127: 85:(1922-04-21) 36: 568:1922 deaths 563:1849 births 371:, RESONANCE 274:Kempe chain 256:called the 223:plane curve 100:Kempe chain 68:7 July 1849 547:Categories 317:References 192:Chancellor 72:Kensington 64:1849-07-07 451:177: 1–70 285:multisets 214:in 1909. 202:from the 184:barrister 150:Biography 516:Archived 432:Archived 365:Archived 227:linkages 194:for the 180:wrangler 174:, where 142:and the 140:linkages 483:at the 463:(2000) 294:of the 210:of the 208:Bencher 411:  292:fellow 121:(1881) 114:Awards 239:proof 409:ISBN 229:and 162:and 80:Died 58:Born 260:or 200:DCL 132:FRS 549:: 504:, 498:, 494:, 397:; 333:. 146:. 418:. 66:) 62:( 34:. 20:)

Index

Alfred Bray Kempe
Alfred John Kempe

Kensington
Kempe chain
Kempe's universality theorem
Sylvester-Kempe inversor
Fellow of the Royal Society
FRS
mathematician
linkages
four colour theorem
St James's Church, Piccadilly
Sir John Arrow Kempe
Harry Robert Kempe
St Paul's School, London
Trinity College, Cambridge
Arthur Cayley
wrangler
barrister
ecclesiastical law
Chancellor
Diocese of London
DCL
University of Durham
Bencher
Inner Temple
plane curve
linkages
algebraic curves

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