Mathematician:Charles Coffin Sims

American mathematician active in the field of group theory.

With Donald G. Higman, discovered the Higman-Sims Group.

Developed software leading up to the discovery of the Lyons Group (also known as Lyons-Sims Group) and O'Nan Group (also known as O'Nan-Sims Group).

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 1938

Theorems and Definitions

 * Higman-Sims Group (with )
 * Schreier-Sims Algorithm (with )
 * O'Nan-Sims Group (with )
 * Lyons-Sims Group (with

Books and Papers

 * 1973: The existence and uniqueness of Lyons' group
 * 1973: The existence and uniqueness of Lyons' group