Mathematician:Coffin

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Coffin may refer to:

Joseph George Coffin $($$\text {1877}$ – $\text {1954}$$)$

American mathematician who worked in vector analysis.
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Charles Coffin Sims $($$\text {1937}$ – $\text {2017}$$)$

American mathematician active in the field of group theory.

With Donald Gordon 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).
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