Prof Edmund Robertson

Emeritus Professor

Researcher profile

Email

efr@st-andrews.ac.uk

Location

Mathematical Institute

 

Research areas

algorithm design; algorithm implementation; computational group; computing; coset enumeration; finite simple group; group presentation; group theory; permutation; semigroup; monoid; history of mathematics

Selected publications

• Groups St Andrews 2022 in Newcastle

  Campbell, C. M., Quick, M. R., Robertson, E. F., Roney-Dougal, C. M. & Stewart, D. I., 2025, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 440 p. (London Mathematical Society lecture note series; vol. 496)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• The Copson and Curle lectures

  Campbell, C. M. & Robertson, E. F., 20 May 2020, Proceedings of the Conference on the History of Mathematics and Teaching of Mathematics, Miskolc, 2020. Kortesi, P. (ed.). Miskolc: University of Miskolc, 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Groups St Andrews 2017 in Birmingham

  Campbell, C. M., Parker, C. W., Quick, M., Robertson, E. F. & Roney-Dougal, C. M., Apr 2019, Cambridge University Press. 508 p. (London Mathematical Lecture Note Series 455)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  Paris 1907: the observer vs the administrator

  Peres, T., Gomez Mena, J., Robertson, E., Falconer, I. & O'Connor, J., 1 Feb 2019, In: Astronomy & Geophysics. 60, 1, p. 1.40-1.42

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Open access

  Online resource for the history of astronomy

  Talbot, G., Shand, I., Falconer, I., Robertson, E. & O'Connor, J., 1 Feb 2018, In: Astronomy and Geophysics. 59, 1, p. 1.20-1.21 aty025.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Erwin Schrödinger and quantum wave mechanics

  O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 22 Aug 2017, In: Quanta. 6, 1, p. 48-52 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Groups St Andrews 2013

  Campbell, C. M. (Editor), Quick, M. (Editor), Robertson, E. F. (Editor) & Roney-Dougal, C. M. (Editor), 2015, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 500 p. (London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; vol. 422)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• All simple groups with order from 1 million to 5 million are efficient

  Robertson, E. F., Campbell, C. M., Havas, G. & Ramsay, C., Mar 2014, In: International Journal of Group Theory. 3, 1, p. 17–30 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• From Cardano's great art to Lagrange's reflections: filling a gap in the history of algebra. Jacqueline Stedall

  Robertson, E. F., Oct 2012, In: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 44, 5, p. 1082–1084 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• The mathematical writings of Évariste Galois (Heritage of European Mathematics). Peter M. Neumann

  Robertson, E. F., Dec 2012, In: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 44, 6, p. 1303–1304 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

 

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