Geoffrey Colin Shephard is a mathematician who works on convex geometry and reflection groups. He asked
Shephard's problem on the volumes of projected convex bodies, posed
another problem on polyhedral nets, proved the
Shephard–Todd theorem in invariant theory of finite groups, began the study of
complex polytopes, and classified the
complex reflection groups.
Shephard earned his Ph.D. in 1954 from
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...
, under the supervision of
J. A. Todd. He was a professor of mathematics at the
University of East Anglia until his retirement.
Retired Faculty
University of East Anglia School of Mathematics, accessed 2011-10-09.
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Photo from Oberwolfach
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century British mathematicians
21st-century British mathematicians
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Academics of the University of East Anglia