Mathematician:Charles Coffin Sims

Mathematician
American mathematician active in the field of group theory.

With, 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: 14 April 1937 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA
 * Died: 23 October 2017 in St Petersburg, Florida, USA

Theorems and Definitions

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

Publications

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