Mathematician:William Thomas Tutte

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Mathematician

English codebreaker and mathematician working on the foundations of graph theory and matroid theory.

Made a fundamental breakthrough in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, which contributed significantly to the defeat of Germany in the Second World War.


Nationality

English


History

  • Born: 14 May 1917 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England
  • Died: 2 May 2002 in Waterloo, Canada


Theorems and Definitions

Results named for William Thomas Tutte can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for William Thomas Tutte can be found here.


Publications

  • 1948: An Algebraic Theory of Graphs


Sources