Geoffrey Colin Shephard
Geoffrey Colin Shephard is a mathematician who works on convex geometry and reflection groups. He asked Shephard's problem and proved the Shephard–Todd theorem and classified the complex reflection groups.
Shephard earned his Ph.D. in 1954 from Cambridge University, under the supervision of J. A. Todd.[1] He was a professor of mathematics at the University of East Anglia until his retirement.[2]
Selected publications
- Grünbaum, Branko; Shephard, G. C. (1987), Tilings and patterns, W. H. Freeman, ISBN 978-0-7167-1193-3, MR857454, http://books.google.com/books?id=zY6nPwAACAAJ Reprinted by Dover 2011, ISBN 9780486469812
- McMullen, Peter; Shephard, G. C. (1971), Convex polytopes and the upper bound conjecture, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-08017-0, MR0301635, http://books.google.com/books?id=ET04AAAAIAAJ
- Shephard, G. C. (1972), Queens' College dial: a short description of the sun-dial in Queens' College, Cambridge, The author, ISBN 978-0-9503358-0-3, http://books.google.com/books?id=eRwtAgAACAAJ
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