Rimhak Ree

Rimhak Ree
이임학 (李林學)
Born(1922-12-18)18 December 1922
Hamhung, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died9 January 2005(2005-01-09) (aged 82)
Vancouver, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materKeijō Imperial University
University of British Columbia
Known forRee group
SpouseRhoda Ree 
Awards
  • Korea Science & Technology Hall of Fame (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Group Theory
Institutions
  • University of British Columbia
Thesis Witt Algebras  (1955)
Doctoral advisor
Stephen Arthur Jennings
Korean name
Hangul
이임학
Hanja
李林學
RRI Imhak
MRI Imhak

Rimhak Ree (Korean: 이임학; December 18, 1922 – January 9, 2005), alternatively Im-hak Ree, was a Korean Canadian mathematician. He contributed in the field of group theory, most notably with the concept of the Ree group in (Ree 1960, 1961).

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