Biography:Charles L. Bouton
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| Born | April 25, 1869 |
| Died | February 20, 1922 (aged 52) |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis Leipzig University |
| Employer | Washington University in St. Louis Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) | Mary G. Spencer (m. 1907) |
Charles Leonard Bouton (April 25, 1869 – February 20, 1922) was an American mathematician.
Early life and education
Charles L. Bouton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father was an engineer.[1] He studied in the public schools of St. Louis. He later received a Master of Science degree from Washington University in St. Louis.[1] In 1898 he received his doctorate from Leipzig University. His Ph.D. advisor was Sophus Lie.[2]
He married Mary G. Spencer in Baltimore on June 15, 1907.[3]
Teaching
He taught at the Smith Academy, Washington University and Harvard University.[1] From 1900 to 1902 Bouton was an editor of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.[1]
He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 20, 1922.[4]
Publications
In 1902 Bouton published a solution of the game Nim.[5] This result is today viewed as the birth of combinatorial game theory.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Osgood, William F.; Coolidge, Julian L.; Chase, George H. (1922), "Charles Leonard Bouton (In Memoriam)", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 28 (3): 123–124, doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1922-03508-2, https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1922-28-03/S0002-9904-1922-03508-2/S0002-9904-1922-03508-2.pdf
- ↑ Charles Leonard Bouton at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Weddings: Bouton-Spencer". The Baltimore Sun: p. 6. 1907-06-16. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-grandma-and-grandpa-we/118553723/.
- ↑ "Death of Professor Bouton". Harvard Alumni Bulletin XXIV (22): 526. March 2, 1922. https://books.google.com/books?id=UTY6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA526. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ↑ Bouton, C. L. (1901–1902), "Nim, a game with a complete mathematical theory", Annals of Mathematics, 2 3 (1/4): 35–39, doi:10.2307/1967631
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