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OBITUARY MARY LUCY CARTWRIGHT (1900–1998)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2002

W. K. Hayman
W. K. Hayman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, Huxley Building, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ

Abstract

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Mary Cartwright with J. E. Littlewood FRS first observed the phenomena which developed into Chaos Theory. Thus she had a significant effect on the modern world. She was the only woman so far to be a president of the London Mathematical Society, one of the first to be a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the first woman to serve on its Council. She was born on 17 December 1900 and died on 3 April 1998.

Type
Obituary
Information
Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 91 - 107
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© The London Mathematical Society 2002