Thomas Kirkman

Thomas Kirkman

Infobox Person
name = Thomas Penyngton Kirkman


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birth_date = birth date|1806|3|31
birth_place = Bolton, Lancashire
death_date = death date and age|1895|2|3|1806|3|31
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occupation = Mathematician
known_for = Kirkman's schoolgirl problem

Thomas Penyngton Kirkman (31 March 1806–3 February 1895) was a British mathematician. An important expositor of group theory in English, he is now remembered principally for a combinatorial problem which bears his name. In contemporary terms, he proved an existence theorem for Steiner triple systems. [http://designtheory.org/library/encyc/sts/g/] He also attempted to extend the theory of quaternions.cite book | last = Smith | first = David | authorlink = David Eugene Smith | coauthors = | title = History of Mathematics, Volume I | publisher = Dover Publications, Inc. | date = 1958 | location = New York, New York | pages = 469 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

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External links

* [http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Kirkman.html MacTutor biography]


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