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John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life (died 2020)
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John Horton Conway
English mathematician (1937–2020)
John Horton Conway was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Conway's Game of Life
Two-dimensional cellular automaton
The Game of Life, also known as Conway's Game of Life or simply Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)