Edmund Frederick Robertson (born 1 June 1943) is a

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at the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

Work

Robertson is one of the creators of the

MacTutor History of Mathematics archive The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is a website maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson and hosted by the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It contains detailed biographies on many historical and contemporary mathem ...

, along with John J. O'Connor. Robertson has written over 100 research articles, mainly on the theory of

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and semigroups. He is also the author or co-author of 17 textbooks. Robertson obtained a

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degree at the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

in 1965. He then went to the

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, where he received a

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degree in 1966 and a

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degree in 1968. In 1998, he was elected a

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. In 2015, he received together with his colleague O'Connor, the Hirst Prize of the

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for his work on the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. His thesis on "Classes of Generalised Nilpotent Groups" was done with Stewart E. Stonehewer.

Personal life

He is with his wife, Helena, and his two sons.

Bibliography

* Algebra Through Practice: A Collection of Problems in Algebra with Solutions: Books 4-6 - with T.S.Blyth, * Rings, Fields and Modules - with T.S.Blyth, 1985, * Sets and mappings - with T.S.Blyth, 1986, * Linear Algebra - with T.S.Blyth, 1986, * Essential Student Algebra: Groups - with T.S.Blyth, 1986, * Basic Linear Algebra - with T.S.Blyth, 1998, * Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746): Argyllshire's Mathematician, 2000, * Further Linear Algebra - with T.S.Blyth, 2002,

References

External links

* Group theorists 20th-century Scottish mathematicians Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Academics of the University of St Andrews 1943 births Living people 21st-century Scottish mathematicians People from St Andrews {{UK-mathematician-stub