Peter M. Neumann

Peter M. Neumann

Peter Michael Neumann OBE (born December 28 1940) is a British mathematician. He is the son of the mathematicians Bernhard Neumann and Hanna Neumann and, after gaining a B.A. from the Queen's College, Oxford in 1963, obtained his D.Phil from Oxford University in 1966. He is married to Sylvia, and has three children - David, Jenny and James.

He is a Tutorial Fellow at the Queen's College, Oxford and a lecturer at Oxford University. [cite web
title =Enumeration of Finite Groups (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics) - About the Author| publisher =Amazon.com| url =http://www.amazon.com/Enumeration-Finite-Groups-Cambridge-Mathematics/dp/0521882176
accessdate =2007-12-30 ] His work has been in the field of group theory. He is also famous for solving Alhazen's problem in 1997. [Citation
last=Highfield
first=Roger
year=1997
date=1 April 1997
title=Don solves the last puzzle left by ancient Greeks
journal=Electronic Telegraph
volume=676
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/04/01/ngre01.html
accessdate=2008-09-24 ] His interests outside of work include the dances of Cecil Sharp.

In 2003 the London Mathematical Society awarded him the Senior Whitehead Prize. [cite web
url = http://www.lms.ac.uk/activities/prizes_com/pastwinners.html#swhitehead
title = List of Prizewinners
author = London Mathematical Society
accessdate = 2007-07-08] He was the first Chairman of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust, from October 1996 to April 2004, succeeded by Bernard Silverman. [cite book | title = The UK Mathematics Trust Yearbook 2003–2004 | author = United Kingdom Mathematics Trust | year = 2004 | isbn = 0953682358] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.

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