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W. T. Tutte

W. T. Tutte

Codebreaker and mathematician

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Is a
Academic
Academic
Person
Person
Also Known As
William Thomas Tutte
Awards Received
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CRM-Fields-PIMS prize
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Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize
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Jeffery–Williams Prize
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Henry Marshall Tory Medal
Citizenship
Canada
Canada
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Birthdate
May 14, 1917
Date of Death
May 2, 2002
Doctoral Advisor
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Shaun Wylie
Doctoral Students
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Arthur Hobbs (mathematician)
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Neil Robertson (mathematician)
Educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
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Known for
BEST theorem Hanani–Tutte theorem Peripheral cycle Tutte 12-cage Tutte embedding Tutte graph Tutte homotopy theorem Tutte matrix Tutte polynomial Tutte theorem Tutte–Berge formula Tutte–Coxeter graph Tutte–Grothendieck invariant Tutte's "1+2 break in" Tutte's 1-factor theorem Tutte's fragment Tutte's linking theorem Tutte's planarity criterion Tutte's statistical method Tutte's triangle lemma Tutte's unimodular representation theorem Tutte's wheel theorem
Notable Work
Tutte polynomial
Tutte polynomial
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Tutte embedding
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Tutte graph
Tutte graph
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Tutte matrix
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Tutte–Coxeter graph
Tutte–Coxeter graph
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Tutte theorem
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Tutte–Berge formula
Tutte–Berge formula
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Occupation
Mathematician
Mathematician
Birthplace
Newmarket, Suffolk
Newmarket, Suffolk
Place of Death
Canada
Canada
Spouse
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Dorothea Geraldine Mitchell m. 1949–1994, her death
Wikidata ID
Q1391861

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