Mathematician:William Burnside

Mathematician

English mathematician who was one of the earliest researchers in group theory.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 2 July 1852 in Paddington, London, England
• Died: 21 August 1927 in Cotleigh, West Wickham, Kent, England

Theorems and Definitions

• Burnside's Theorem
• Burnside's Lemma (also known as Burnside's Counting Theorem)
• Burnside Ring

Results named for William Burnside can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for William Burnside can be found here.

Publications

• 1897: Theory of Groups of Finite Order
• 1911: Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 2nd ed.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "William Burnside": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive