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Mary Cartwright
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mary Lucy Cartwright, M.L. Cartwright, Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright
British mathematician (1900–1998)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1900-12-17 ) 17 December 1900, Aynho , England
- Died
- 3 April 1998 (1998-04-03) (aged 97), Cambridge , England
- Alma mater
- St Hugh's College, Oxford
- Known for
- Cartwright's theorem Research about the Butterfly effect
- Awards
- Sylvester Medal (1964) De Morgan Medal (1968)
- Doctoral advisor
- G. H. Hardy
- Doctoral students
- Walter Hayman Elizabeth McHarg
- Other notable students
- Sheila Scott Macintyre
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Aynho
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Sylvester Medal
- Doctoral advisor
- G.H. Hardy
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Mary cartwright.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- Erdős number
- 3
- date of birth
- 1900-12-17
- date of death
- 1998-04-03
- influenced by
- John Edensor Littlewood
- Commons category
- Mary Cartwright (mathematician)
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Mary Cartwright
- name in native language
- Mary Cartwright
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright DBE FRS FRSE (17 December 1900 – 3 April 1998) was a British mathematician. She was one of the pioneers of what would later become known as chaos theory. Along with J. E. Littlewood, Cartwright saw many solutions to a problem which would later be seen as an example of the butterfly effect.
Early life and education
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