Yes, it is sad. He dies from the corona virus, aged 82. RIP John. A wonderful mathematician. He wrote many nice books, also. His book with Richard Guy “The book of Numbers" is a little chef d’oeuvre.
Bruno > On 21 Apr 2020, at 01:11, Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I heard about this on the day. I guess I should have posted this. The book by > Conway and Sloane, Sphere Packing, Lattices and Groups is great, and mine has > lots of sticky notes coming out of it. > > LC > > On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 4:29:44 PM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > John Conway, the inventor of the Game Of Life and one of the greatest > mathematicians in the world has died of COVID-19. > > John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands > <https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-conway-solved-mathematical-problems-with-his-bare-hands-20200420/?utm_source=Quanta+Magazine&utm_campaign=7eacd42be1-RSS_Daily_Mathematics&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cb61321c-7eacd42be1-390077669&mc_cid=7eacd42be1&mc_eid=1b0caa9e8c> > > John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e48e8f0d-c760-413f-afa4-c138419350fa%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e48e8f0d-c760-413f-afa4-c138419350fa%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/9C5819B4-9878-44FA-ABC7-BE9F8E4433C9%40ulb.ac.be.
