Richard K. Guy
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British mathematician (1916-2020)
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Richard K. Guy was a British mathematician, chess composer, and university teacher. Born in Nuneaton in 1916, he was educated at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. His professional career included positions at the University of London and the University of Calgary. He was a centenarian who died in Calgary in 2020.
Guy’s work focused on combinatorics, number theory, geometry, and mathematical games. He is noted for his work on the glider. He held an Erdős number of 1 and received the Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards. He spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 30 September 1916
- Died
- 9 March 2020
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Unsolved problems in geometry
- Combinatorial Games
- Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, 1st Edition, Volume 2
- Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays
- Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, 2nd Edition, Volume 1
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenneth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Nuneaton
- Place of death
- Calgary
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Calgary
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- graph theory
- Official website
- math.ucalgary.ca/math_unitis/profiles/richard-guy
- Image
- Richard K Guy 2005.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1916-09-30
- Erdős number
- 1
- date of death
- 2020-03-09
- interested in
- combinatorics
- Commons category
- Richard K. Guy
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- subject has role
- centenarian
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