Robert Griess
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Robert Louis Griess, Jr. (b. 1945, Savannah, Georgia) is a mathematician working on finite simple groups and vertex algebras. He constructed the monster group using the Griess algebra. He received the AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research in 2010.
Currently, Griess is a professor of mathematics at University of Michigan.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- R. L. Griess, Jr, The Friendly Giant, Inventiones Mathematicae 69 (1982), 1–102
[edit] External links
- Robert Griess at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Homepage at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan
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