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Charles Sims (mathematician)

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from 1965 to 2007. During that period he served, in particular, as Department Chair (1982–84) and Associate Provost for Computer Planning (1984–87). Sims retired from Rutgers in 2007 and moved to
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software developed by Sims also led to the proof of existence of the
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List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
34:(April 14, 1937 – October 23, 2017) was an American 315:This article about an American mathematician is a 357: 93:degree in 1963. In his thesis, he enumerated 340: 62:(also known as the Lyons–Sims group) and the 406:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 347: 333: 18: 199:MacTutor History of Mathematics archive 358: 209: 207: 66:(also known as the O'Nan–Sims group). 381:21st-century American mathematicians 376:20th-century American mathematicians 289: 204: 181: 123:In 2012, he became a fellow of the 13: 14: 437: 265: 81:. He did his graduate studies at 307: 300: 294: 215:"Charles Coffin Sims's Obituary" 249: 231: 159: 1: 416:University of Michigan alumni 276:Mathematics Genealogy Project 152: 125:American Mathematical Society 426:American mathematician stubs 421:People from Elkhart, Indiana 319:. You can help Knowledge by 246:. Accessed November 1, 2008. 85:, where he was a student of 69:Sims was born and raised in 7: 411:Mathematicians from Indiana 242:Department of Mathematics, 130: 38:best known for his work in 10: 442: 401:Rutgers University faculty 391:Computational group theory 288: 102:computational group theory 396:Harvard University alumni 258:, retrieved 2013-07-20. 239:Spring 2007 Newsletter. 110:Schreier–Sims algorithm 201:. Accessed 2018-12-20. 194:Charles Sims biography 142:Prevalence of p-groups 79:University of Michigan 28: 16:American mathematician 167:"Charles Coffin Sims" 22: 187:J. J. O'Connor and 73:, and received his 32:Charles Coffin Sims 23:Charles C. Sims at 244:Rutgers University 114:Rutgers University 83:Harvard University 46:he discovered the 29: 328: 327: 219:Asbury Park Press 137:Higman–Sims graph 89:and received his 56:permutation group 48:Higman–Sims group 433: 349: 342: 335: 311: 306: 305: 304: 298: 290: 281:Personal webpage 259: 253: 247: 235: 229: 228: 226: 225: 211: 202: 185: 179: 178: 176: 174: 163: 87:John G. Thompson 71:Elkhart, Indiana 44:Donald G. Higman 42:. Together with 441: 440: 436: 435: 434: 432: 431: 430: 386:Group theorists 356: 355: 354: 353: 299: 293: 286: 268: 263: 262: 254: 250: 236: 232: 223: 221: 213: 212: 205: 189:E. F. Robertson 186: 182: 172: 170: 165: 164: 160: 155: 147:Sims conjecture 133: 52:sporadic groups 17: 12: 11: 5: 439: 429: 428: 423: 418: 413: 408: 403: 398: 393: 388: 383: 378: 373: 368: 352: 351: 344: 337: 329: 326: 325: 312: 284: 283: 278: 267: 266:External links 264: 261: 260: 248: 230: 203: 180: 157: 156: 154: 151: 150: 149: 144: 139: 132: 129: 118:St. Petersburg 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 438: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 404: 402: 399: 397: 394: 392: 389: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 363: 361: 350: 345: 343: 338: 336: 331: 330: 324: 322: 318: 313: 310: 303: 297: 292: 291: 287: 282: 279: 277: 273: 270: 269: 257: 252: 245: 241: 240: 234: 220: 216: 210: 208: 200: 196: 195: 190: 184: 168: 162: 158: 148: 145: 143: 140: 138: 135: 134: 128: 126: 121: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 97: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 67: 65: 61: 57: 53: 50:, one of the 49: 45: 41: 37: 36:mathematician 33: 26: 21: 321:expanding it 314: 285: 272:Charles Sims 251: 238: 233: 222:. Retrieved 218: 193: 183: 171:. Retrieved 161: 122: 95: 68: 40:group theory 31: 30: 371:2017 deaths 366:1937 births 120:, Florida. 104:and is the 64:O'Nan group 60:Lyons group 25:Oberwolfach 360:Categories 224:2017-11-04 153:References 77:from the 169:. Legacy 131:See also 274:at the 173:26 July 108:of the 98:-groups 54:. The 27:in 2006 106:eponym 91:Ph.D. 317:stub 175:2019 75:B.S. 362:: 217:. 206:^ 197:, 191:, 127:. 348:e 341:t 334:v 323:. 227:. 177:. 96:p

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Oberwolfach
mathematician
group theory
Donald G. Higman
Higman–Sims group
sporadic groups
permutation group
Lyons group
O'Nan group
Elkhart, Indiana
B.S.
University of Michigan
Harvard University
John G. Thompson
Ph.D.
p-groups
computational group theory
eponym
Schreier–Sims algorithm
Rutgers University
St. Petersburg
American Mathematical Society
Higman–Sims graph
Prevalence of p-groups
Sims conjecture
"Charles Coffin Sims"
E. F. Robertson
Charles Sims biography
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

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