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Frank Adams

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{{Infobox scientist
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Frank Adams
| name = Frank Adams
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| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/879389258
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/879389258
| thesis_year = 1956
| thesis_year = 1956
| doctoral_students = [[Béla Bollobás]]
[[Peter Johnstone (mathematician)|Peter Johnstone]]
[[Andrew Ranicki]]
[[C. T. C. Wall]]
[[Lam Siu-por]]{{MathGenealogy |id=24507}}
| doctoral_students = [[Béla Bollobás]]
[[Peter Johnstone (mathematician)|Peter Johnstone]]
[[Andrew Ranicki]]
[[C. T. C. Wall]] />[[Lam Siu-por]]{{MathGenealogy |id=24507}}
| known_for = [[Adams spectral sequence]]
[[Adams operation]]s
[[Adams conjecture]]
| known_for = [[Adams spectral sequence]] />[[Adams operation]]s />[[Adams conjecture]]
| awards = [[Berwick Prize]] (1963)
[[Senior Whitehead Prize]] (1974)
[[Sylvester Medal]] (1982)
| awards = [[Berwick Prize]] (1963) />[[Senior Whitehead Prize]] (1974) />[[Sylvester Medal]] (1982)
}}
}}

'''John Frank Adams''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRS}}{{Cite journal | last = James | first = Ioan M. | author-link = Ioan James| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1990.0021 | title = Frank Adams. 5 November 1930-7 January 1989 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 36 | pages = 2–16| year = 1990 | jstor = 770077| title-link = John Frank Adams | doi-access = free }} (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to [[homotopy theory]].{{Cite book | editor1-last = Ray | editor1-first = Nigel | editor2-first = Grant | doi = 10.1017/CBO9780511526305.003 | chapter = The work of J. F. Adams | title = Adams Memorial Symposium on Algebraic Topology | volume = 1 | pages = 1–28 | year = 1992 | isbn = 9780511526305 | editor2-last = Walker }}{{Cite journal | last1 = James | first1 = Ioan M. | author-link1 = Ioan James | last2 = Wall | first2 = C. T. C. | author-link2 = C. T. C. Wall| doi = 10.1112/S0024609397002968 | title = John Frank Adams | journal = [[Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society]] | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 489 | year = 1997 | doi-access = free }}{{MacTutor Biography|id=Adams_Frank}}
'''John Frank Adams''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRS}}{{Cite journal | last = James | first = Ioan M. | author-link = Ioan James| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1990.0021 | title = Frank Adams. 5 November 1930-7 January 1989 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 36 | pages = 2–16| year = 1990 | jstor = 770077| title-link = John Frank Adams | doi-access = free }} (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to [[homotopy theory]].{{Cite book | editor1-last = Ray | editor1-first = Nigel | editor2-first = Grant | doi = 10.1017/CBO9780511526305.003 | chapter = The work of J. F. Adams | title = Adams Memorial Symposium on Algebraic Topology | volume = 1 | pages = 1–28 | year = 1992 | isbn = 9780511526305 | editor2-last = Walker }}{{Cite journal | last1 = James | first1 = Ioan M. | author-link1 = Ioan James | last2 = Wall | first2 = C. T. C. | author-link2 = C. T. C. Wall| doi = 10.1112/S0024609397002968 | title = John Frank Adams | journal = [[Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society]] | volume = 29 | issue = 4 | pages = 489 | year = 1997 | doi-access = free }}{{MacTutor Biography|id=Adams_Frank}}


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