Mathematician:Ian Grant Macdonald

Mathematician

English mathematician known for his contributions to symmetric functions, special functions, Lie algebra theory and other aspects of algebraic combinatorics.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 11 October 1928 in London
• Died: 8 August 2023

Publications

• 1969: Introduction to Commutative Algebra (with M.F. Atiyah)

• 1979: Symmetric functions and Hall polynomials (2nd edition 1995)

• 1998: Symmetric functions and orthogonal polynomials

• 2003: Affine Hecke algebras and orthogonal polynomials

Also known as

Sometimes his surname is rendered MacDonald.