Thomas Kirkman
British church minister and mathematician (1806–1895) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman FRS (31 March 1806 – 3 February 1895) was a British mathematician and ordained minister of the Church of England. Despite being primarily a churchman, he maintained an active interest in research-level mathematics, and was listed by Alexander Macfarlane as one of ten leading 19th-century British mathematicians.[1][2][3] In the 1840s, he obtained an existence theorem for Steiner triple systems that founded the field of combinatorial design theory, while the related Kirkman's schoolgirl problem is named after him.[4][5]
For other people named Thomas Kirkman, see Thomas Kirkman (disambiguation).
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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman | |
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Born | (1806-03-31)31 March 1806 Bolton, Lancashire, England |
Died | 3 February 1895(1895-02-03) (aged 88) Bowdon near Manchester, England |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician, Minister |
Known for | Kirkman's schoolgirl problem |
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