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Alicia Boole Stott
Alicia Boole Stott | |
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| Born | 8 June 1860 |
| Died | 17 December 1940 (aged 80) Middlesex, England |
| Citizenship | British |
| Known for | Mathematics |
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Alicia Boole Stott (8 June 1860 – 17 December 1940)[1] was a British mathematician. She made a number of contributions to the field and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen.[2] She grasped four-dimensional geometry from an early age, and introduced the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four or more dimensions.[3]
- ^ Riddle, Larry, "Alicia Boole Stott", Biographies of Women Mathematicians, Agnes Scott College
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
MathsWomenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Coxeter 1973, pp. 258–259.
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