Charles Dodgson was a mathematics lecturer and author of mathematics books who is better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. He is known especially for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was born in Daresbury, England on 27 January 1832 and died in Guildford on 14 January 1898. As a mathematician he wrote on logic, geometry and determinants, and the method of computing determinants called Dodgson condensation is his contribution to linear algebra.
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Born 27 January 1832 Daresbury, England
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Charles Dodgson was a mathematics lecturer and author of mathematics books who is better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. He is known especially for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland .
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As a mathematical logician, he was interested in increasing understanding by treating it as a game.
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Charles Dodgson (i.e. Lewis Carroll of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland fame) invented a method for computing determinants called Dodgson condensation.
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