Fokko du Cloux

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Fokko du Cloux (December 20, 1954 - November 10, 2006) was a mathematician and computer scientist who worked on the Atlas of Lie groups and representations until his death on November 10, 2006. One of the founding members of the project, he was responsible for building the Atlas software which was instrumental in the mapping of the E₈ Lie Group. The Project successfully managed to map the structure of the E₈ group in 2007.

Fokko du Cloux was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2005, but he continued to actively participate in the project until his death.

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• E8 narrative
• Vogan, David (2007). "The character table of E8". Notices of the A.M.S. 54: 1122–1134. 
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