Peter Lorimer | |
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Born | Peter James Lorimer 16 April 1939
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Died | 7 February 2010
Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 70)
Alma mater | McGill University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Canterbury, University of Auckland |
Thesis | A study of T2-groups. (1963) |
Doctoral advisor | Hans Schwerdtfeger |
Peter James Lorimer (16 April 1939 – 7 February 2010) was a New Zealand mathematician. His research concerned group theory, combinatorics, and Ramsey theory.
Born in Christchurch, Lorimer did a BSc / MSc in mathematics at the University of Auckland and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to do a PhD at McGill University in Montreal, which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Schwerdtfeger. [1] He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at University of Canterbury and then at University of Auckland. [2] [3]