Archibald Read Richardson
Archibald Read Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 August 1881 |
| Died | 4 November 1954 (aged 73) |
| Known for | Littlewood–Richardson rule |
| Awards | FRS (1946) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
Archibald Read Richardson FRS (21 August 1881 – 4 November 1954) was a British mathematician known for his work in algebra.
Career
Richardson collaborated with Dudley E. Littlewood on invariants and group representation theory. They introduced the immanant of a matrix, studied Schur functions and developed the Littlewood–Richardson rule for their multiplication.
Awards and honours
Richardson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 21 March 1946.