Frank Adams
Frank Adams FRS | |
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Frank Adams in August 1988 | |
| Born | 5 November 1930 Woolwich, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 7 January 1989 (aged 58) Brampton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Adams spectral sequence Adams operations Adams conjecture |
| Awards | Berwick Prize (1963) Senior Whitehead Prize (1974) Sylvester Medal (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | On Spectral Sequences and Self-Obstruction Invariants (1956) |
Doctoral advisor | Shaun Wylie |
Doctoral students | Béla Bollobás Peter Johnstone Andrew Ranicki C. T. C. Wall Lam Siu-por |
John Frank Adams FRS (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory.