Overview
- Is a tribute to the legendary mathematician and mathematical artist Prof. John Horton Conway
- Honors one of the most versatile mathematicians of the past century, a wizard, polymath, and storyteller
- Includes contributions from Robert Wilson, Stephen Wolfram, Genaro Juarez Martinez, and R. Ramanujam
Part of the book series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation (ECC, volume 45)
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This book brings together the impact of Prof. John Horton Conway, the playful and legendary mathematician's wide range of contributions in science which includes research areas—Game of Life in cellular automata, theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory, and coding theory. It contains transcripts where some eminent scientists have shared their first-hand experience of interacting with Conway, as well as some invited research articles from the experts focusing on Game of Life, cellular automata, and the diverse research directions that started with Conway's Game of Life. The book paints a portrait of Conway's research life and philosophical direction in mathematics and is of interest to whoever wants to explore his contribution to the history and philosophy of mathematics and computer science. It is designed as a small tribute to Prof. Conway whom we lost on April 11, 2020.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Transcript from Conway Memorial Lecture Series
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Front Matter
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Invited Articles
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mathematical Artist
Book Subtitle: A Tribute To John Horton Conway
Editors: Sukanta Das, Souvik Roy, Kamalika Bhattacharjee
Series Title: Emergence, Complexity and Computation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03986-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-03985-0Published: 02 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-03988-1Published: 03 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-03986-7Published: 01 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2194-7287
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7295
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 212
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Complexity, Group Theory and Generalizations, Number Theory