Researching Hale Trotter
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3140 people with the Trotter surname? In that year Trotter was ranked number 1303 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Hale means "hero" and is of English origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hale Trotter and the Trotter Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 3628 people with the Trotter surname in the UK? Trotter is now ranked number 1570 for popularity in the UK. |
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Hale Trotter
Hale Freeman Trotter (born 30 May 1931) is a Canadian-American mathematician, known for the Lie–Trotter product formula, the Steinhaus–Johnson–Trotter algorithm, and the Lang–Trotter conjecture. He was born in Kingston, Ontario.
Trotter studied at Queen's University in Kingston with bachelor's degree in 1952 and master's degree in 1953. He received in 1956 his PhD from Princeton University under William Feller with thesis Convergence of semigroups of operators. Trotter was from 1956 to 1958 at Princeton University the Fine Instructor for mathematics and from 1958 to 1960 an assistant professor at Queen's University. He was from 1962 to 1963 a visiting associate professor, from 1963 to 1969 an associate professor, and from 1969 until his retirement a full professor at Princeton University. From 1962 to 1986 he was an associate director for Princeton University's data center.
Trotter's research deals with, among other topics, probability theory, group theory computations, number theory, and knot theory. In 1963, he solved an open problem in knot theory by proving that there are non-invertible knots. At the time of his proof, all knots with up to 7 crossings were known to be invertible. Trotter described an infinite number of pretzel knots that are not invertible.
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