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'''John Horton Conway''' FRS (/ˈkɒnweɪ/; born 26 December 1937) is an English [[mathematician]].

He invented [[Conway's Game of Life]], a well-known [[cellular automaton]].

== Areas of research ==

Conway is active in the theory of [[finite groups]], [[knot theory]], [[number theory]], [[combinatorial game theory]] and [[coding theory]].

== Conway's Game of Life ==

Conway invented the [[Conway's Game of Life|Game of Life]], a well-known [[cellular automaton]].

== Princeton University ==

Conway is currently (May 2016) Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at [[Princeton University]] in New Jersey.

== See also ==

* [[Cellular automaton]]
* [[Combinatorial game theory ]]
* [[Conway's Game of Life]]
* [[Number theory]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway John Horton Conway] @ Wikipedia



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