Roger Carter (mathematician)
Encyclopedia
Roger W. Carter is an emeritus
professor at the University of Warwick
. He defined Carter subgroup
s and wrote the standard reference Simple Groups of Lie Type
. He obtained his PhD in 1960 and his dissertation was entitled Some Contributions to the Theory of Finite Soluble Groups.
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
professor at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
. He defined Carter subgroup
Carter subgroup
In mathematics, especially in the field of group theory, a Carter subgroup of a finite group G is a subgroup H that is a nilpotent group, and self-normalizing...
s and wrote the standard reference Simple Groups of Lie Type
Group of Lie type
In mathematics, a group of Lie type G is a group of rational points of a reductive linear algebraic group G with values in the field k. Finite groups of Lie type form the bulk of nonabelian finite simple groups...
. He obtained his PhD in 1960 and his dissertation was entitled Some Contributions to the Theory of Finite Soluble Groups.
Publications
- R.W. Carter, Nilpotent self normalizing subgroups of soluble groups Math. Z. , 75 : 2 (1961) pp. 136–139
- Simple Groups of Lie Type by Roger W. Carter, ISBN 0-471-50683-4
- Lie Algebras of Finite and Affine Type (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics) by Roger Carter, ISBN 0-521-85138-6