John McKay

male, 70 years old
mathematician, CRM-Fields Prize, monstrous moonshine, McKay correspondence, sporadicsimplegroup, Lie group…Group theorist, finite group
John McKay (born 1939) is a mathematician at Concordia University in Canada, known for his discovery of monstrous moonshine, his joint construction...
Zvonimir Janko

Zvonimir Janko

mathematician, sporadicsimplegroup, group theory, University of Zagreb, University of Heidelberg, Australian National University…Janko group
Zvonimir Janko is a Croatian mathematician who is the eponym of the Janko groups, sporadic simple groups in group theory. Janko holds a doctorate...
Donald G. Higman

Donald G. Higman

male, deceased (2006)
University of Michigan, mathematician, University of Michigan faculty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, Group theorist, American…permutation group, sporadicsimplegroup, Higman–Sims group
Donald G. Higman was an American mathematician known for his discovery, in collaboration with Charles C. Sims, of the Higman–Sims group. He re...