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331: 499: 365:), "The geometrical invariants of algebraic varieties", Proc. London Math. Soc. 43(2), 127-138, "The arithmetical invariants of algebraic loci", Proc. London Math. Soc. 43(2), 190-225 423: 564: 549: 554: 111: 361:
1937: "Rational quartic primals and associated Cremona transformations of four-dimensional space", Proc. London Math. Soc. s2-42, 324-339 (with
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1936: "A practical method for enumerating cosets of a finite abstract group", Proc. Edin. Math. Soc. 5(1), 26-34 (with
316: 235: 142: 107: 252: 31: 467: 300: 288: 276: 304: 260: 169: 379: 173: 93: 138: 263:. He became a lecturer at Cambridge in 1937. He remained at Cambridge for the rest of his working life. 544: 539: 280: 340: 292: 239:(23 August 1908 – 22 December 1994) was an English mathematician who specialised in geometry. 215: 115: 479: 452: 432: 385:
1960: "On complex Stiefel manifolds", Mathematical Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 56, 342-353 (with
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1954: "Finite unitary reflection groups", Canadian Journal of Mathematics 6, 274-304 (with
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1939: "The geometrical invariants of algebraic loci", Proc. London Math. Soc. 45, 410-424
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is a major method of computational algebra, and dates from a collaboration with
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1953: "An extreme duodenary form", Can. J. Math. 5, 384-392 (with
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as a collineation group", Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. 71(4), 199-238
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Grassmannian Varieties / The Conic as a Space Element
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
419:"John Arthur Todd. 23 August 1908-22 December 1994" 207: 195: 179: 165: 155: 129: 99: 89: 70: 48: 41: 299:in 1936. In 1953 he and Coxeter discovered the 392:1966: "A representation of the Mathieu group M 8: 38: 483: 436: 30:For other people with the same name, see 275:in the theory of the higher-dimensional 406: 565:Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge 412: 410: 259:, and in 1931 took a position at the 7: 550:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 285:Italian school of algebraic geometry 555:20th-century English mathematicians 25: 329: 500:"Library and Archive Catalogue" 315:In March 1948 he was elected a 255:in 1925. He did research under 112:Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem 453:"Christine Hamill - Biography" 373:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter 356:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter 1: 468:"John Arthur Todd (Obituary)" 570:Fellows of the Royal Society 317:Fellow of the Royal Society 143:Fellow of the Royal Society 586: 253:Trinity College, Cambridge 32:John Todd (disambiguation) 29: 560:Scientists from Liverpool 525:Todd's Mactutor biography 485:10.1112/S0024609397003871 305:complex reflection groups 225: 148: 261:University of Manchester 170:University of Manchester 380:Geoffrey Colin Shephard 174:University of Cambridge 94:University of Cambridge 472:Bull. London Math. Soc 466:Atiyah, M. F. (1998). 438:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0029 139:Rockefeller Fellowship 108:Todd–Coxeter algorithm 323:Selected publications 301:Coxeter–Todd lattice 289:Todd–Coxeter process 281:characteristic class 277:Riemann–Roch theorem 417:Atiyah, M. (1996). 279:is an example of a 339:has a profile for 345: 293:coset enumeration 251:, and went up to 229: 228: 216:Geoffrey Shephard 208:Doctoral students 150:Scientific career 116:Coset enumeration 16:(Redirected from 577: 512: 511: 509: 507: 496: 490: 489: 487: 463: 457: 456: 449: 443: 442: 440: 414: 343: 333: 332: 238: 232:John Arthur Todd 220:Christine Hamill 197:Doctoral advisor 191: 124:Todd polynomials 77: 74:22 December 1994 58: 56: 39: 27:British geometer 21: 585: 584: 580: 579: 578: 576: 575: 574: 530: 529: 521: 516: 515: 505: 503: 502:. Royal Society 498: 497: 493: 465: 464: 460: 451: 450: 446: 416: 415: 408: 403: 395: 351: 350: 349: 334: 330: 325: 313: 269: 247:He was born in 245: 234: 218: 214: 189: 172: 137: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 90:Alma mater 85: 79: 75: 66: 60: 54: 52: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 583: 581: 573: 572: 567: 562: 557: 552: 547: 542: 532: 531: 528: 527: 520: 519:External links 517: 514: 513: 491: 478:(3): 305–316. 458: 444: 405: 404: 402: 399: 398: 397: 393: 390: 387:Michael Atiyah 383: 376: 369: 366: 363:Dennis Babbage 359: 335: 328: 327: 326: 324: 321: 312: 309: 297:H.S.M. Coxeter 268: 265: 244: 241: 227: 226: 223: 222: 209: 205: 204: 199: 193: 192: 183: 177: 176: 167: 163: 162: 157: 153: 152: 146: 145: 131: 127: 126: 101: 100:Known for 97: 96: 91: 87: 86: 80: 78:(aged 86) 72: 68: 67: 61: 59:23 August 1908 50: 46: 45: 42: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 582: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 537: 535: 526: 523: 522: 518: 501: 495: 492: 486: 481: 477: 473: 469: 462: 459: 454: 448: 445: 439: 434: 430: 426: 425: 420: 413: 411: 407: 400: 391: 388: 384: 381: 377: 374: 370: 367: 364: 360: 357: 353: 352: 347: 346: 338: 322: 320: 318: 310: 308: 306: 302: 298: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 266: 264: 262: 258: 254: 250: 242: 240: 237: 233: 224: 221: 217: 213: 212:Roger Penrose 210: 206: 203: 200: 198: 194: 187: 184: 182: 178: 175: 171: 168: 164: 161: 160:Mathematician 158: 154: 151: 147: 144: 140: 135: 134:Smith's Prize 132: 128: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 102: 98: 95: 92: 88: 83: 73: 69: 64: 51: 47: 40: 37: 33: 19: 504:. Retrieved 494: 475: 471: 461: 447: 428: 422: 341: 314: 270: 246: 231: 230: 185: 166:Institutions 149: 76:(1994-12-22) 36: 545:1994 deaths 540:1908 births 431:: 482–494. 342:J. A. Todd 534:Categories 506:28 October 401:References 273:Todd class 257:H.F. Baker 202:H.F. Baker 120:Todd genus 104:Todd class 55:1908-08-23 43:J. A. Todd 344:(Q364575) 249:Liverpool 243:Biography 84:, England 65:, England 63:Liverpool 141:(1933), 18:J A Todd 337:Scholia 311:Honours 82:Croydon 287:. The 190:(1932) 188:  181:Thesis 156:Fields 136:(1930) 130:Awards 508:2010 291:for 271:The 267:Work 71:Died 49:Born 480:doi 433:doi 236:FRS 536:: 476:30 474:. 470:. 429:42 427:. 421:. 409:^ 394:24 319:. 307:. 510:. 488:. 482:: 455:. 441:. 435:: 389:) 382:) 375:) 358:) 348:. 57:) 53:( 34:. 20:)

Index

J A Todd
John Todd (disambiguation)
Liverpool
Croydon
University of Cambridge
Todd class
Todd–Coxeter algorithm
Chevalley–Shephard–Todd theorem
Coset enumeration
Todd genus
Todd polynomials
Smith's Prize
Rockefeller Fellowship
Fellow of the Royal Society
Mathematician
University of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
H.F. Baker
Roger Penrose
Geoffrey Shephard
Christine Hamill
FRS
Liverpool
Trinity College, Cambridge
H.F. Baker
University of Manchester
Todd class
Riemann–Roch theorem

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