Biography:Peter Lorimer (mathematician)
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Short description: New Zealand mathematician
Peter Lorimer | |
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| Born | Peter James Lorimer 16 April 1939 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 7 February 2010 (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury, University of Auckland |
| Thesis | A study of T2-groups. (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Schwerdtfeger |
Peter James Lorimer (16 April 1939 – 7 February 2010) was a New Zealand mathematician. His research concerned group theory, combinatorics, and Ramsey theory.
Academic career
Born in Christchurch, Lorimer did a BSc / MSc in mathematics at the University of Auckland and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to do a PhD at McGill University in Montreal , which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Schwerdtfeger.[1] He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at University of Canterbury and then at University of Auckland.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Peter Lorimer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "In memoriam: Peter James Lorimer (16.04.1939 – 7.02.2010) – MathsDept". Math.auckland.ac.nz. https://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/wiki/In_memoriam:_Peter_James_Lorimer_%2816.04.1939_-_7.02.2010%29. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ↑ "Peter James Lorimer « Obituaries « Fellowship « The Academy « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand". Royalsociety.org.nz. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/obituaries/peter-james-lorimer/. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
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