John RJ Groves

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John Richard James Groves is an Australian mathematician who studies geometric group theory.

Groves studied at the University of Oxford (bachelor's degree) and received his doctorate in 1971 under László Kovács at the Australian National University (Varieties of soluble groups). He was later an Associate Professor at Melbourne University.

With Robert Bieri he introduced concepts of tropical geometry to group theory at an early stage , making him one of the pioneers of tropical geometry.

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  1. ↑ John RJ Groves in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  2. Jump up ↑ Bieri, Groves, The geometry of the set of characters induced by valuations, J. reine angew. Math., Volume 347, 1984, pp. 168-195.
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SURNAME Groves, John RJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groves, John Richard James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century