Norman Routledge
Norman Arthur Routledge | |
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Recursive sets | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Royal Aircraft Establishment, National Physical Laboratory, King's College, Cambridge, Eton College |
Thesis | Recursurive Sets[1] (1954) |
Norman Arthur Routledge (7 March 1928 – 27 April 2013) was a
(1912–1954).Life and career
Norman Routledge was born near
In 1946 Routledge matriculated with a scholarship at
Routledge taught as a scientific officer at the
Returning to academia, Routledge became a research Fellow in mathematics at King's College, Cambridge. He did college undergraduate teaching, and after a time was a director of studies.[4][3] In 1957, he was photographed by Antony Barrington Brown. The photograph is now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[6]
In 1959,
Routledge was a raconteur, including on his personal life.[10] In retirement towards the end of his own life, he was able to be more openly gay.[4]
Association with Alan Turing
Routledge was a friend of the mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, whom he met after World War II, when Turing was in Cambridge to study physiology.[3] Turing wrote personal letters to Routledge towards the end of his life. After his arrest and before his trial, he sent the following cryptic syllogism to Routledge in 1952:[11][12][13][14]
Turing believes that machines think
Turing lies with men
Therefore machines cannot think
The 1992 documentary programme The Strange Life and Death of Dr Turing had Routledge as one of the interviewees.[15]
Selected publications
- Routledge, N. A. (1952). "A result in Hilbert space". .
- Routledge, N. A. (April 1953). "Ordinal recursion". S2CID 251094316.
References
- ^ "N. A. Arthur Routledge". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Routledge, Norman. "The Eton Headmaster – 'Red' Robert Birley". Web of Stories – Life Stories of Remarkable People. YouTube. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Norman Arthur Routledge". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. University of St Andrews. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dalyell, Tam (29 May 2013). "Norman Arthur Routledge: Inspirational teacher and mathematician". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-7509-6524-8.
- ^ "Norman Routledge (1928-2013), Mathematician and teacher at Eton College". UK: National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Wolfram, Stephen (27 August 2019). "A Book from Alan Turing… and a Mysterious Piece of Paper". Stephen Wolfram Writings. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Crowell, Rachel J. (23 September 2019). "Wolfram Blogging". AMS Blogs. American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Copeland et al., p. 44.
- ^ "Norman Routledge (Teacher)". Web of Stories – Life Stories of Remarkable People. YouTube. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "LGBT History Month in King's Library". King's Treasures – Special Collections of King's College, Cambridge. Library and Archives of King's College, Cambridge. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Turing, Alan (1952). "Letter to Norman Routledge". Genius. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Leavitt, pp. 5, 269.
- ^ Turing, D., pp. 246–7.
- ^ "The Strange Life and Death of Dr Turing (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-19-874783-3.
- ISBN 0-671-49207-1.
- ISBN 978-0-7538-2200-5.
- ISBN 978-1-84165-643-4.
External links
- Norman Routledge (Teacher), Web of Stories – Life Stories of Remarkable People, YouTube
- Norman Routledge, Saucy Raconteur, Remembers His Friend Alan Turing, Nassau Hedron, The Turing Centenary (+ Bicentennial), 18 October 2011