Rolph Ludwig Edward Schwarzenberger (7 February 1936 – 29 February 1992) was a British mathematician at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

who worked on

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s (where he introduced jumping lines),

crystallography Crystallography is the branch of science devoted to the study of molecular and crystalline structure and properties. The word ''crystallography'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word (; "clear ice, rock-crystal"), and (; "to write"). In J ...

, and mathematics education. He was President of the

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in 1983–1984.

Publications

* Schwarzenberger translated this book into English and added a long appendix on later developments. * * *

References

* * * 1936 births 1992 deaths 20th-century British mathematicians {{mathematician-stub