John Williamson (mathematician)
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John Williamson | |
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Born | Kinross, Scotland | 23 May 1901
Died | 1949 |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago |
Known for | Williamson construction of Hadamard matrices |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
John Williamson (23 May 1901 โ 1949) was a Scottish mathematician who worked in the fields of algebra, invariant theory, and linear algebra. Among other contributions, he is known for the Williamson construction of Hadamard matrices.[1] Williamson graduated from the University of Edinburgh with first-class honours in 1922. Awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship in 1925, he studied at the University of Chicago under the direction of L. E. Dickson and E. H. Moore, receiving the Ph.D. in 1927. He held a Lectureship in Mathematics at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Professorship in Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University.
See also
References
- ^ Williamson, J. (1947). "Note on Hadamard's determinant theorem". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (6): 608โ613. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1947-08853-4. MR 0020538.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "John Williamson (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- John Williamson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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