Edmund F. Robertson
Edmund F. Robertson University of Saint Andrews | |
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Known for | Creating the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive |
Children | 2 |
Edmund Frederick Robertson
Work
Robertson is one of the creators of the
semigroups. He is also the author or co-author of 17 textbooks.[1]
Robertson obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of St Andrews in 1965. He then went to the University of Warwick, where he received a Master of Science degree in 1966 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1968.[1]
In 1998, he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[2]
In 2015, he received together with his colleague O'Connor, the Hirst Prize of the London Mathematical Society for his work on the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.[3] His thesis on "Classes of Generalised Nilpotent Groups" was done with Stewart E. Stonehewer.[4]
Personal life
He is with his wife, Helena, and his two sons.[5]
Bibliography
- Algebra Through Practice: A Collection of Problems in Algebra with Solutions: Books 4–6 – with T.S.Blyth, ISBN 978-0521253017
- Rings, Fields and Modules – with T.S.Blyth, 1985, ISBN 978-0521272919
- Sets and mappings – with T.S.Blyth, 1986, ISBN 978-0412278808
- Linear Algebra – with T.S.Blyth, 1986, ISBN 978-0412278501
- Essential Student Algebra: Groups – with T.S.Blyth, 1986, ISBN 978-0412278402
- Basic Linear Algebra – with T.S.Blyth, 1998, ISBN 978-3540761228
- Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746): Argyllshire's Mathematician, 2000, ISBN 978-1902847108
- Further Linear Algebra – with T.S.Blyth, 2002, ISBN 978-1852334253
References
- ^ a b c "www-groups.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~edmund/CV.html". www-groups.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Current Fellows. Archived 27 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine Royal Society of Edinburgh. Accessed 8 November 2008.
- ^ Colm Mulcahy: MacTutor History of Mathematics website creators honoured by LMS. The Aperiodical, 19. July 2015
- ^ Edmund Frederick Robertson Math Genealogy Project
- ^ "Edmund Robertson's Personal Home Page". turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 January 2002. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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