Person: Robertson (2), Edmund

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An influential mathematician who established the theory of matrices and determinants, developed the concept of a group, and investigated the use of probability in higher algebra.

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Born 1 June 1943, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Group Theory


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive