词条 | John Williamson (mathematician) |
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|name = John Williamson |birth_date = {{birth date|1901|5|23|df=y}} |birth_place = Kinross, Scotland |death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, USA |nationality = United Kingdom |field = Mathematics |alma_mater = University of Edinburgh, University of Chicago |known_for = Williamson construction of Hadamard matrices }} John Williamson (23 May 1901 – 1949) was a Scottish mathematician who worked in the fields of algebra, invariant theory, and linear algebra. Among other contributions, he is known for the Williamson construction of Hadamard matrices.[1] Williamson graduated from the University of Edinburgh with first-class honours in 1922. Awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship in 1925, he studied at the University of Chicago under the direction of L. E. Dickson and E. H. Moore, receiving the Ph.D. in 1927. He held a Lectureship in Mathematics at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Professorship in Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. References1. ^{{cite journal|author=Williamson, J.|title=Note on Hadamard's determinant theorem|journal=Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.|year=1947|volume=53|issue=6|pages=608–613|mr=0020538|doi=10.1090/s0002-9904-1947-08853-4}} External links
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