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Peter Lorimer (mathematician)

Peter Lorimer
Born
Peter James Lorimer

(1939-04-16)16 April 1939
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died7 February 2010(2010-02-07) (aged 70)
Auckland, New Zealand
Alma materMcGill University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Canterbury, University of Auckland
Thesis A study of T2-groups.  (1963)
Doctoral advisorHans Schwerdtfeger

Peter James Lorimer (16 April 1939 – 7 February 2010) was a New Zealand mathematician. His research concerned group theory, combinatorics, and Ramsey theory.

Academic career

Born in Christchurch, Lorimer did a BSc / MSc in mathematics at the University of Auckland and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to do a PhD at McGill University in Montreal, which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Schwerdtfeger.[1] He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at University of Canterbury and then at University of Auckland.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Peter Lorimer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "In memoriam: Peter James Lorimer (16.04.1939 – 7.02.2010) – MathsDept". Math.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Peter James Lorimer « Obituaries « Fellowship « The Academy « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 30 July 2014.


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