Roger William Carter (25 August 1934 – 21 February 2022) was a British mathematician who was

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professor at the

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. He defined

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s and wrote the standard reference ''Simple Groups of Lie Type''. He obtained his PhD at the

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in 1960 and his dissertation was entitled ''Some Contributions to the Theory of Finite Soluble Groups'', with

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as thesis advisor. Carter died in Wirral on 21 February 2022, at the age of 87.

Publications

* *''Simple Groups of Lie Type'' by Roger W. Carter, *''Lie Algebras of Finite and Affine Type'' (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics) by Roger Carter, *

References

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Roger Carter Obituary
1934 births 2022 deaths British mathematicians Academics of the University of Warwick Alumni of the University of Cambridge Group theorists Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars {{UK-mathematician-stub