Simon P. Norton
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| Simon P. Norton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | John Horton Conway |
Simon Phillips Norton (born 1952) is a mathematician in Cambridge, England, who works on finite simple groups. He constructed the Harada–Norton group, and in 1979 together with John Conway proved there is a connection between the Monster group and the j-function in number theory. They dubbed this monstrous moonshine and made some conjectures, later proved by Richard Borcherds. Norton was one of the authors of the ATLAS of Finite Groups. He also made several early discoveries in Conway's Game of Life,[1] and invented the game Snort.
Norton is the subject of the biography The Genius In My Basement (ISBN 9780007243389), written by Norton's Cambridge neighbour, author Alexander Masters.
[edit] References
- ^ Poundstone, William (1985), The recursive universe: cosmic complexity and the limits of scientific knowledge, Contemporary Books, p. 7, ISBN 9780809252022
- Masters, Alexander (2011), The Genius in My Basement, Harper Collins Ome, ISBN 978-0-00-744527-1, http://books.google.com/books?id=5yHORE_hvkcC
[edit] External links
- Simon P. Norton at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Simon P. Norton's results at the International Mathematical Olympiad
- Simon Norton at the Cambridge mathematics department
- Simon Norton at LifeWiki
- "The genius who lives downstairs", Alexander Masters, The Guardian, 19 August 2011 (an extract from The Genius In My Basement)
- Feature profile on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday, 02/26/12 The Genius In My Basement
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