Dr John O'Connor

Dr John O'Connor

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Email
joc@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location
Mathematical Institute

 

Biography

I graduated MA and DPhil from St Catherine's College, Oxford. My doctorate was in topology, supervised by Graeme Segal.

In forty years at St Andrews I was lucky to be able to teach a wide variety of courses. Notes for some of these courses are available from my personal home page.

Since my retirement I have amused myself with the upkeep and expansion of the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.

My personal home page is at THIS LINK.

Research areas

My interests are now mainly in the History of Mathematics.

Selected publications

  • 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

  • Symmetry and enumeration of self-similar fractals.

     Falconer, K. J. & O'Connor, J. J., Apr 2007, In: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 39, 2, p. 272-282 11 p.

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

  • Knots and Physics in 19th Century Scotland

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2005, In: OCTOGON Mathematical Magazine. 2005, p. 108-115

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

  • Ten years of the History of Mathematics on the Web

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2005, In: OCTOGON Mathematical Magazine. 2005, p. 102-107

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

  • Isaac Barrow

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004, Biographical Dictionary of British Economists. Rutherford, D. (ed.). Thoemmes Continuum

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

  • Obituary : David Allan Spence January 3, 1926- September 7, 2003

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004

    Research output: Other contribution

  • William Ernest Johnson

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004, Biographical Dictionary of British Economists. Rutherford, D. (ed.). Thoemmes Continuum

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

  • Lars Valerian Ahlfors

     O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2003, Fields Medallists' Lectures. Atiyah, S. M. & Iagolnitzer, D. (eds.). World Scientific, p. 3-4

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

 

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