Condolences

LAHORE:Pakistan Mathematical Society (MS) announces with sadness the death of Professor John H Conway (1937 - 2020) on April 11 due to Covid-19.

According to Dr Afshan Qayyum, information secretary Pak MS, Pakistan Mathematical Society, ‘John H Conway was John von Neumann Professor at Princeton University. He was also author/inventor of 'The Game of Life'. He was an emeritus professor also at Cambridge. He is known for several contributions in Pure Mathematics. In Group Theory he founded three finite simple groups which are known as Conway Groups CO1, CO2 and CO3. They belong to a class of sporadic groups. He did doctorate from Princeton University under the supervision of Professor H Devenport. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1981. He received a number of awards, namely Berwick Prize, Polya Award, Steele Award, Nemmers Prize etc for his outstanding contributions in several areas of Pure Mathematics.